CDT Executive Director, Leslie Harris, and I had the privilege to serve on The Open House Project — nonpartisan collaborative effort launched by the Sunlight Foundation to provide suggestions to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on how to make the House of Representatives more open in the Web 2.0 age.

Today, the project issued a report offering 10 common sense suggestions to Pelosi:

• Legislation Database-publish legislative data in structured formats
• Preserving Congressional Information-protect congressional information through archiving and distribution
• Congressional Committees-recognize committees as a public resource by making committee information available online
• Congressional Research Service-share non-partisan research beyond Congress
• Member Web-Use Restrictions-permit members to take full advantage of internet resources
• Citizen Journalism Access-grant House access to non-traditional journalists
• The Office of the Clerk of the House-serve as a source for digital disclosure information
• The Congressional Record-maintain the veracity of a historical document
• Congressional Video-create open video access to House proceedings
• Coordinating Web Standards-commit to technology reform as an administrative priority

If you’re still not sure that you should read the whole report, watch this video promoting the project. You’ll be convinced:

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