Comments on Under the Dome: The Jason Tolbert Transparency Act of 2009

Thank you for being on the side of transparency.

2009-11-05T09:19:47.684-06:00

Thank you for being on the side of transparency.

Thank you sir for this initiative. It would be a b...

2009-02-25T13:56:00.000-06:00

Thank you sir for this initiative. It would be a big step forward for good governance. I'm confident that we can do this affordably.

On a technical note, the video streams should be encoded with an "open standard" like H.264/MPEG-4 or Flash video. Those popular standards have published specifications for their data formats, so it will be possible to watch those videos a hundred years from now.

It would be a wise move for our State to adopt a formal open standards policy for all electronic documents. Some IT vendors would oppose such a move since they want to lock everyone into their proprietary formats, but their way would result in an electronic Tower of Babel over time. The rest of the technology industry will generally support open standards because public information should be accessible to future generations.

2009-02-25T13:54:00.000-06:00

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This seems like a very expensive endeavor. There ...

2009-02-25T10:09:00.000-06:00

This seems like a very expensive endeavor. There will need to be multiple cameras in multiple rooms. I can't begin to think of all the issues that will come up and extra staff that will be needed.

Kudos Steve. The more pro-active the House is in e...

2009-02-25T06:41:00.000-06:00

Kudos Steve. The more pro-active the House is in embracing technology, the sillier it makes your counterparts in the Senate look for hiding behind the veil of its "informal nature." Which is code for "we don't want you seeing how we debate and vote."

I will sepculate things will change on that side of the Capitol when the big turnover is completed in two years.