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[altusmens]

My gut tells me this is probably old news to a few readers, but still facinating as hell: Carl Malamud wants a permanent, public, high-resolution online archive of all congressional proceedings, on the floor and in committee. This seems like a no-brainer for democracy and government transparency, and it sort of surprises me that this is only just

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[esmesquall]

This post reminded me to write letters to my representatives in the state legislature to bitch at them about the fact that audio archives are only available in Real Media format, which even the public libraries here do not support. (OK, constituents can also order cassette tapes, but.) Thanks.