The Open House Project

The Open House Project has launched, and in my opinion, this is the most important progressive reform measure during this Congress. The Sunlight Foundation has partnered in a non-partisan and bi-partisan fashion with a wide range of organizations to bring to fruition a consensus report suggesting a number of reforms designed to open Congress to public scrutiny using the tools of the digital age.

Here is video of the launch conference that outlines the recommendations of the project and details some of the recommendations. You may want to skip over the first 10 minutes to get directly to the nut meat:

AT the end of the video, a promotional video is mentioned. It’s not all that informative, but in the interest of being thorough, here it is:

If you are interested in getting involved in the Open House Project, the group runs through (no surprise) online collaboration anchored by its own Google Group. Check it out.