[open-government] [PMO Network] Open Up Your Legislature (!)

Tue Sep 2 09:23:57 UTC 2014

Dear all,

You'll find the letter translated to Spanish on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ubj1PkaQhCaPcmqsSIE4T24MpRVMb2gSnpDLpJ4S8e8/edit?usp=sharing

Within the next days we will prepare a press release about this
initiative to share with the Spanish media.

Regards!

Javier
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Javier de Vega
+34 650 074 421
javier at civio.es
www.civio.es/en

2014-08-28 21:39 GMT+02:00 Javier de Vega <javier at civio.es>:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for this initiative. We at Fundación Civio [1] will gladly
> endorse and sign the letter and try to reach the media during Global
> Legislative Week in Spain. Besides, we are currently translating the
> letter to Spanish in order to share it with all of you soon. Regarding
> Spain, the information linked about the national assemblies is
> correct.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Javier
> -----
> Javier de Vega
> Fundación Ciudadana Civio
> javier at civio.es
>
>
> [1] http://www.civio.es/en/
>
>
>
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> 2014-08-27 17:04 GMT+02:00 John Wonderlich <johnwonderlich at gmail.com>:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm sure most of you are aware of the several events surrounding the Global
>> Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) from September 15 to 25.
>>
>>
>> In coordination with events during the week, Sunlight is planning to launch
>> a quick campaign to raise awareness around the importance of open formats
>> when publishing legislative information. We intend to send a letter to all
>> the national legislatures around the globe calling them to make
>> parliamentary data "open data by default," in agreement with the principles
>> of the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness. You can find the letter
>> attached as a PDF, ODT and in a viewable google document.
>>
>>
>> We'd love to get as much support as possible from supporting national and
>> local level PMOs and members of global transparency community to help
>> demonstrate the constituents' appetite for transparency, and the local
>> impact this type of action can have. If you want to endorse the letter,
>> please let us know before September 10.
>>
>>
>> We also encourage everyone to not only sign the letter, but also translate
>> it to your local language and try to get some local media attention through
>> press releases, social media or other media hooks for the week of September
>> 15. OpeningParliament has grown into a truly global network, and we've
>> managed to create a strong consensus for how legislatures should operate. We
>> hope that we can count on you to help us translate these letters, register
>> your support, and clearly communicate our agenda during GLOW.
>>
>>
>> We are planning send out the letter to each administrative office via emails
>> (and in some cases through regular mails) on September 15 and address it to
>> the current presidents of national assemblies, or similar authorities. As we
>> have looked through this list, it has come to our attention that some of the
>> information on national assemblies is out of date. We are working to verify
>> the data ourselves, but if you can provide verification for who the head of
>> your national legislature is, that would be very helpful!
>>
>>
>> We are excited to send a clear, global message to legislatures -- your data
>> should be open, and we are ready to help.
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your support,
>>
>>
>> The Sunlight team
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Wonderlich
>> Policy Director, Sunlight Foundation
>> @johnwonderlich
>>
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