3/18/10
New Federal Public Online Information Act Introduced.
Sunlight Foundation has new web page HERE explaining this new federal legislation, aka POIA, that has now been introduced in the House.
Cross Post: Oregon Housing Blog Sunshine Week Recap.
A recap of past activity related to Sunshine Week from my Oregon Housing Blog, as well as continuing challenges.
Post is HERE.
Post is HERE.
8/30/08
6/19/08
Oregon Disclaims ORS Copyright.
I attended a hearing today where the Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee voted unanimously to disclaim any future copyright claims on the Oregon Revised Statutes.
My prior post with background leading up to this decision is HERE.
My prior post with background leading up to this decision is HERE.
6/17/08
Sunlight Foundation Picks Up on My Prior Highlighting of a YouTube Post.
The [highly recommended] Sunlight Foundation Blog, in a "Local Sunlight " post, picked up on one of my recent posts about a House Small Business Committee upload of a RESPA hearing onto YouTube.
This Sunlight Foundation Blog post, which includes other "Local Sunlight" examples can be found HERE.
This Sunlight Foundation Blog post, which includes other "Local Sunlight" examples can be found HERE.
6/2/08
Creative Open Government: U.S. House Committee Posts RESPA Hearing Video on YouTube.
The House Small Business Committee recently held a hearing on proposed HUD rules for the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, AKA "RESPA".
In addition to the usual posting of written testimony from various government and housing industry officials, the Committee has posted a number of videos on YouTube of hearing testimony and question and answers HERE.
Staff took the time to break up a long video into a number of shorter videos to allow viewers to focus on speakers of interest. Kudos to the Committee and staff for their efforts in making the video of this hearing available to the public in a timely, easy to use fashion.
Below is one of the hearing videos featuring an official from the Center for Responsible Lending:
In addition to the usual posting of written testimony from various government and housing industry officials, the Committee has posted a number of videos on YouTube of hearing testimony and question and answers HERE.
Staff took the time to break up a long video into a number of shorter videos to allow viewers to focus on speakers of interest. Kudos to the Committee and staff for their efforts in making the video of this hearing available to the public in a timely, easy to use fashion.
Below is one of the hearing videos featuring an official from the Center for Responsible Lending:
5/31/08
Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Results: Vitamin/Mineral Supplements Came Up As Top Priority.
I previously posted about the 2008 Copenhagen Consensus process HERE.
The 2008 process is now complete and the panel [which included 5 Nobel laureate members] considering various options to spend $75 Billion over a 4 year period came out with their list of the top 30 priorities. You can see the list of 2008 priorities they chose HERE; the logic for the top priority reads like this:
"Providing micronutrients for 80% of the 140 million children who lack essential vitamins in the form of vitamin A capsules and a course of zinc supplements would cost just $60 million per year, according to the analysis. More importantly, this action holds yearly benefits of more than $1 billion.
In effect, this means that each dollar spent on this program creates benefits (in the form of better health, fewer deaths, increased future earnings, etc) worth more than 17 dollars."
The 2008 process is now complete and the panel [which included 5 Nobel laureate members] considering various options to spend $75 Billion over a 4 year period came out with their list of the top 30 priorities. You can see the list of 2008 priorities they chose HERE; the logic for the top priority reads like this:
"Providing micronutrients for 80% of the 140 million children who lack essential vitamins in the form of vitamin A capsules and a course of zinc supplements would cost just $60 million per year, according to the analysis. More importantly, this action holds yearly benefits of more than $1 billion.
In effect, this means that each dollar spent on this program creates benefits (in the form of better health, fewer deaths, increased future earnings, etc) worth more than 17 dollars."
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