I'm launching my site govit.com. It's similar to govtrack.us, having legislation. New features are voting on legislation, and sending your vote directly to...
Hello! I love govit.com, but I put my information in the boxes to create an account and then I couldn't make it work. It said "invalid zip code"?? It's the...
A question on "advertising" ethics for the list- I've been offered $250 a month to add a link+image on the front page of GovTrack, not just as an advertisement...
An AP article cited GovTrack, which I think is a first. But I think it ... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/15/ap4534727.html I have always billed the...
This week I'm launching GovTrack's Legislative Analysis Community Blog. The goal is to get thoughtful posts on current legislative issues written by the...
(Posted at: http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/01/09/procedural-uncertainty-normalization/) I always find it interesting how although our government is...
Might be of interest if it hasn't popped in your email client of feed reader yet... -- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/business/27online.html SAN FRANCISCO...
FYI: [ This is a copy of the message you have just sent to everyone who signed your pledge http://www.en-gb.pledgebank.com/openhouse ] Hello, Thanks for...
What is the schedule for updating roll vote XML files, as in /data/us/110/rolls/...? In particular, when is the bill element added? Our algorithm currently...
It looks like committees.xml for the 110th (I haven't checked any others) only has the Chairman listed for Senate Committees, and no other roles. Is this by...
Prompted by a suggestion I got by email, I'm wondering what others think about: A new mail list for analysis of federal legislation and related issues, with...
A drupal module was just released for grabbing legislative data and making group discussion pages for each bill. I could imagine it being very useful for...
Every day we: - Fetch bills.index.xml - Compare each bill's last action date to our copy, if different, a bill update is queued. - On bill update, the vote...
Two quick notes about data changes: In bill XML files, Senate votes on cloture motions had been parsed as "vote" nodes since failed cloture motions usually...
http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/108/bills.amdt/h522.xml "On agreeing to the Neal (MA) amendment (A001) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 228 (Roll no. 143)." ...
To draw my map, I'm using the shape file from the Census.gov site (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd110.html). The problem is, there are so many points on...
I am adding 108th congress to my parser, but noticed a difference from the 109th and 110th; there is no votes.all.index.xml. Is votes.index.xml the same,...
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If you’ve used GovTrack at all lately, you’ve probably noticed the chronic outages that have grown considerably worse over the last few months as traffic...
Hi, I setup a google CSE that searches about 55 sites whose focus could be loosely categorized as 'Government Watchers'. I'm new to the open government...
I'm using your excellent dataset for some analysis and noticed that Paul Broun isn't in the people.xml file, and that votes in which he participated have a...
Hi, all. Going in a slightly new direction, I am wondering if you all would join me in making a pledge regarding transparency in Congress. Specifically, if you...
