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Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by adamnemecek »

finnn wrote: post #3
billhendricksjr wrote: post #2

His social media team is getting busy!

His most recent activity [1] is an issue opened on sunlightlabs/us-laws and based on the link seems to be automated (uses ifttt's URL shortener, presumably it's hooked up through that). I haven't checked the rest, but I assume they're all pretty similar [1] https://github.com/sunlightlabs/us-laws/issues/135

I'll just leave this link here

https://github.com/sunlightlabs/us-laws/issues/135#issuecomm...

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

#12

Post by Amorymeltzer »

finnn wrote: post #3
billhendricksjr wrote: post #2

His social media team is getting busy!

His most recent activity [1] is an issue opened on sunlightlabs/us-laws and based on the link seems to be automated (uses ifttt's URL shortener, presumably it's hooked up through that). I haven't checked the rest, but I assume they're all pretty similar [1] https://github.com/sunlightlabs/us-laws/issues/135

Yes. The whole point of that repo is for there to be a single issue for every new law starting 12 March 2014. That's all it does.

Doesn't hurt to have (yet )an(other) automated process showing what laws get passed.

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by gelatocar »

vezzy-fnord wrote: post #8
pmalynin wrote: post #5

It'd be interesting to see a system where a government had a GitHub and people could submit laws as pull-requests

Has a body of theory, but is still in very early stages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Government That said, there would have to be some guarantee of an active political process behind it. Most likely scenario is that it becomes a largely ignored dumping ground, similar to your average petition site.

I think Open-source governance is pretty relevant here as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_governance

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

#16

Post by bdcravens »

j2kun wrote: post #7
johnnyg wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a serious and important idea.

Could you explain why? It seems like just as strange a technological barrier (for the average citizen) as the current process of proposing a law.

Probably easier than the current way of directly influencing legislation (for the average citizen)

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by alfiedotwtf »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #9
j2kun wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you explain why? It seems like just as strange a technological barrier (for the average citizen) as the current process of proposing a law.

The average citizen can use Twitter, which has been pivotal in recent revolutions. The Github/git process and format brings something that is crucial to the political process we've been missing: transparency.

And to add, it would be cool to put them in a repo when introduced, see history of where they are amended and by who, and then after they are passed see links beside each passage every time they are referenced in court.
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