TITLE II - Enhancing Public Access to the Work of Congressional Committees, Legislative Information, and Votes
Sec. 202. Posting congressional committee schedules online in a timely manner. (2 Comments)
Timely posting of hearing and markup information will provide the public with a complete picture of the early stages of the legislative process. The information will be easy for the public to find, and will be more reliable than if it is culled from numerous secondary sources.
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House and Senate Rules are amended to add the following new paragraph:
Congressional committees and subcommittees are required to post a schedule of all public hearings and markups on the their Web sites as soon as the schedules are made publicly available. The information to be reported includes, but is not limited to, the topic of the hearing or markup, including a reference to specific legislation when applicable, as well as witness names as soon as available.
2 comments on Sec. 202. Posting congressional committee schedules online in a timely manner.
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Let me suggest that the respective clerks of each house be responsible for compiling and publishing an aggregated list of (all of the) committee's schedules, to be updated each business day.
posted by ds at March 28, 2008 -
No need to require clerks to aggregate as long as all committees use a common XML format to list hearings/markups.
posted by The Cunctator, Hill Heat at March 31, 2008