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Anyone know of any indian websites which allow commenting on Indian Bills/ Acts ?
I have also put two examples of the same :
UK Parliament: http://www.commentonthis.com/
US Congress Bills: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
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Hi Ajoy,
I'm on skype now. can you mail me your skype id ?
Cheers,
Selvam
Hey Selvam
I wasnt there at the camp but it seems really interesting. I have a passing understanding on the open data intitiative. The NREGA/JNNRUM data will be really programs to investigate using these methods. Infact the US Govt seems to be doing…
Datamasher.org is quite fascinating. This is like the Open Data Initiative we discussed during the camp, where in we talked about digitizing NREGA and JNNRUM spreadsheets to understand effectiveness of those multi-billion dollar programs.
The CVC w…
Hey Selvam
Just wanted your input on the possibility of creating an interactive database of central vigilance reports(datamasher.org).These reports are really very good. They detail names of people who have been fined and summary reports on actions…
ah! well that makes sense... hope this grows to all countries..fantastic tool... and im sure its already making a huge impact out there..
keep up the good work ...
We tied up with Pahjwok News who had their reporters file complaints using SMS from different parts of Afghanistan. It's been one of the most successful VoteReport launches we've done so far, with the news about it featuring in BBC top tech new and…
Hi Aj,
Check out their new site - www.beextra.org
Cheers,
Selvam
Hey Selvam.,..ive tried to access theextraordinaries website quite a few times.. doesnt go through.. what gives?
Ushaidi rocks..!!! fantastic website.. although i dont know how many people actually text in incidents...
Folks,
Today we launched VoteReport for Afghanistan in collaboration with Small World News under http://aliveinafghanistan.org
Please check it out and let us know your feedback.
Cheers,
Selvam
We've been in talks with Praja.in frm Bangalore to build a framework to enable collection of interesting bits of data/metrics/statistics from citizens through SMS/Web. For example, citizens can report about specific incidents related to child labor…
Hi Aj,
I checked out transparencycorps earlier and found it to be very interesting.
I checked it out again today and started working on a task related to finding local officials on twitter :)
There are great opportunities to use this kind of a se…
Hey Selvam,
were you able to check out the website by Sunlight foundation? I'd entered the link below.
Sorry my bad.
http://transparencycorps.org/
(Infact the response is so good that most of the tasks have been completed right now.)
can you include the link ?
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Anyone know of websites that help commenting on Indian Bills/Acts?
Started by Aj Oct. 30, 2009.
Excellent application of crowd-sourcing 14 Replies
Started by Selvam Velmurugan. Last reply by Selvam Velmurugan Sep. 21, 2009.
VoteReport Afghanistan launched 3 Replies
Started by Selvam Velmurugan. Last reply by Aj Sep. 16, 2009.
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