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Subject: NYC COUNCIL TECH COMMITTEE HOLDS WEBCASTING HEARING Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:29:52 -0400 From: "Malhotra, Kunal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Friends, The following is an upcoming hearing of the New York City Council Technology in Government Committee that might be of interest to you. Tech Committee Holds Webcasting Hearing Council Plans to Expand Digital Live and VOD City Hall - On Wednesday, October 29, 2008, Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), Chair of the Technology in Government Committee, will hold a hearing regarding Introduction 533-A which amends the City Charter to require that all public meetings be webcast. Council Member Brewer has been examining the benefits of webcasting since 2006, but efforts to require the City to move forward with webcasting of public meetings gathered new attention after former Governor Spitzer issued his Executive Order 3 in 2007, "Promotion of Public Access to Government Decisionmaking." The Executive Order requires all state agencies and authorities to webcast their public meetings. Nearly six years ago, the Council developed a pilot program to stream and archive stated Council meetings with the goal of creating a more open, efficient, and effective government. Currently, one can only view Council proceedings through NYC-TV's Channel 74 (Council 51). While Channel 74 covers certain City Council hearings and meetings, it does not offer the flexibility and accessibility that web enabled 'on demand' video would provide. Intro 533-A has been revisited to analyze the benefits of webcasting and archiving Council meetings in order for New York City residents and all other interested parties to watch the proceedings. Intro 533-A requires all New York City Council committee hearings, stated meetings, and public meetings of city agencies and their committees to be broadcast digitally on the web. Furthermore, the broadcasts shall be archived and made accessible to the public on the city's website for not less than one year from the date of the original broadcast. The Council Technology in Government Committee will hold the hearing regarding webcasting on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10 AM in the 14th Floor Hearing Room of 250 Broadway, New York. This is a public meeting and all are welcome to attend. For further information or to sign up to speak, contact Kunal Malhotra, Director of Budget and Legislation, at (212) 788-6975 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Kunal km/saw Kunal Malhotra Director of Legislation & Budget Office of Council Member Gale A. Brewer 250 Broadway, Room 1744 New York, NY 10007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (212) 788-6975 Cell: (347) 461-4329 </blockquote> Distributed poC TINC: Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
