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

Wed Sep 10 07:27:03 UTC 2014

Hello,

ePaństwo Foundation also endorses the letter - it's a great initiative!

Best,

Magda Siwanowicz
ePaństwo Foundation

2014-09-09 20:56 GMT+02:00 Anna Ścisłowska <anna.scislowska at art61.pl>:

> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the late response. Association 61 also endorses the letter. We
> also plan to translate it into polish and publish on our websites and
> promote.
>
> Information about polish president of polish legislative assembly is
> correct, but it is very probably that it will change within few weeks. So
> maybe you can send e-mails also to vice-presidents? I’ll provide contacts.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ania Ścisłowska
>
> Association 61
>
>
> W dniu środa, 27 sierpnia 2014 17:04:56 UTC+2 użytkownik johnwonderlich
> napisał:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm sure most of you are aware of the several events surrounding the Global
>> Legislative Openness Week <http://www.openingparliament.org/glow> (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.
>> <https://docs.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/document/d/1xaqCFi2XKZhMpwZK6BJD6bgPArkrDLKGyfMTbo6lx0Q/edit>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_current_presidents_of_assembly&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHcEFtUyi_Ak3mbo3NsTPEOehEHlw>,
>> 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 <https://twitter.com/johnwonderlich>
>>
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Magdalena Siwanowicz
Analityk Prawny Fundacja ePaństwo
Legal Analyst, ePF
magda.siwanowicz <jakub.gornicki at sourcefabric.org>@epf.org.pl
<akub.gornicki at epf.org.pl>

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