Billhop.com - site tracks legislation and public policy before it hits the books

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault-2 on Jan 15, 2007; 3:22pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Billhop-com-site-tracks-legislation-and-public-policy-before-it-hits-the-books-tp792.html

An interesting civic tool.

December 5, 2006 The Revolution Will Be Computerized: Austinist Interviews BillHop.com Creator Damien Brockmann

http://www.austinist.com/archives/2006/12/05/the_revolution_will_be_computerized_austinist_interviews_billhopcom_creator_damien_brockmann.php

We often say that political technology can empower the grassroots by facilitating discussion and debate and by helping people organize, but what we really need is engine that allows a citizen to churn through legislation as it's developing and zero in on issues relevant to that citizen's concerns... and ways for groups of concerned citizens to form and respond. The legislation is public, and much of it is online, but it's not necessarily comprehensible to civilians.

Billhop.com
http://www.billhop.com/

via WorldChanging - http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005814.html