By The Sunlight Foundation
We’re really moving.
Seriously.
We spend a lot of time talking about what government should do to become more open and transparent, and in this past week there’s real movement in Congress on one of the things that we need to happen.
It’s an easy fix to our current system which would simply make government work better.
Specifically, Senator Jon Tester has introduced the Senate version of the Public Online Information Act, which would revolutionize how the public can gain access to government information. And though we’re going to have to build much more clout to actually pass the bill in the House and Senate, the introduction of this bill is a big step.
Keep the momentum strong by signing the Public=Online pledge and sharing it:
http://publicequalsonline.com/pledge/.
Numbers are one of the things that Congress listens to most, and we need to be as loud as possible. Thus, our goal is to get 25,000 pledge signatures in the next 6 weeks.
At the end of June, we’ll take the Public=Online pledge to Capitol Hill and present it to the co-sponsors of the bill. This will show them that we not only support the Public Online Information Act, but that there are citizens everywhere demanding Congressional action on it.
They’re waiting to hear from us, but we need to let them know what we want. By signing the Public=Online pledge, we’re doing that.
We’re just about to reach 4,000 signers. When we get to 5,000 we’ll start making phone calls as well.
Much more to come in the months ahead. Thanks for all your support!
The Sunlight Team
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1. POIA 1
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2. POIA 2
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3. POIA 3
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Comments welcome.
Posted on May 12, 2010