Hi Lorelei, You might be surprised to hear this, I certainly was. Apparently Representative Darrell Issa has been pushing a bunch of opensource development around WordPress and potentially other OpenGov applications.
Brian On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Lorelei Kelly <loreleike...@gmail.com>wrote: > hi all, > > Here at OTI, I'm spearheading an effort to find and cultivate 5-10 Members > of the House and Senate so that they will be > champions of open technology and other related policy issues. We'd like to > make them authoritative and confident to stand up for our priorities by > providing them with subject matter expertise and technical knowledge--the > idea is to create some key nodes on Capitol Hill that will educate the > institution over time. > > Its not a lobbying effort, but a long term policy education effort. > > Question: as a foreign policy wonk until recently, I'm not familiar with > the scorecards or vote rating guides that might be available on open > technology, Internet freedom, privacy, etc. Is anyone doing this? > > Also, does anybody have any recommendations for our list? The individuals > don't have to be techies, though that is a bonus. We'd love to support > members who are wonks and thoughtful systems thinkers and reformers in > either party. > > LK > > -- > *Lorelei Kelly <http://newamerica.net/user/452>* > * > * > * > * > *check out our > SmartCongress<https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/submission/smartcongress.org/>pitch! > * > *read about Congress' Wicked > Problem<http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/congress_wicked_problem> > * > look at these cool maps about guns and > power<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/how-groups-like-the-nra-captured-congressand-how-to-take-it-back/273623/>in > the Atlantic > * > *Open Technology Institute > New America Foundation > > Tweeting @loreleikelly > > cell: 202-487-7728 > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Brian Conley Director, Small World News http://smallworldnews.tv m: 646.285.2046 Skype: brianjoelconley
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