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An API for Federal Legislation? Congress Wants Your Opinion | Threat Level from Wired.com
by Neoteric at 5:33 pm EST, Mar 5, 2009

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The inspiration for the move, Pierson says, came in large part from the Sunlight Foundation, which has been urging Congress, through its Open House Project, to make records more accessible to the public. The group issued a report in May 2007 calling for bulk distribution of legislative data.
"We've been working really hard with Congress to get this, so we're happy to see this here," says John Wonderlich, policy director for the Sunlight Foundation.

wow. back-to-back drop days for sunlight! first tim o'reilly then congressman Mike Honda (D-CA)

yup, sure feels good to sit in the sun.

--timball