Tracking the Public Online Information Act (POIA) Legislation Through Congress Using Govtrack.us
On Monday, we posted news (via the Sunlight Foundation) that the Public Online Information Act (POIA) was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Steven Israel (D-NY) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT).
The Sunlight Foundation Blog and a news release use the words “landmark” and “monumental” to describe the legislation.
Direct to Monday’s INFOdocket post About the Legislation.
The bill number for the Public Online Information Act (POIA) in the U.S. House of Representatives is H.R.1349 and S.717 in the U.S. Senate.
Tracking
You can now begin tracking the legislation using Govtrack.us
Using govtrack.us you can track the legislation on their site and/or via RSS. Twitterfeed can make the RSS feed Twitter friendly. You can also embed a widget onto any web page with the latest info.
This page has all of the links you’ll need to track H.R.1349 using govtrack.us. You can do the same for S.717
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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