From Daily Kos comes the DOJ Email Database related to the U.S. Attorney firing scandal
To my knowledge, this is the first and largest collective effort by volunteers to assimilate open source data and convert it into a public, referenced, research tool. . .
. . . This database includes all of the 2086 unique emails included in the HJC [House Judiciary Committee]-released documents from the DOJ. It is fully searchable and referenced, so you can easily see the email “with your own eyes”. Also included is referenced biographical information for many of the involved personnel. Finally, as a second functionality, we also include a “Text Search” tool that enables search of all of the text of all of the PDF documents.
Also online is a usable, electronic version of the immigration reform bill from theTruth Laid Bear.
Late Friday night, an electronic version of the “immigration reform” bill was finally published, and quickly found its way into the hands of KLo at the Corner. From there, it has spread all over the net, of course.
But the published version is a big, clunky PDF file (which, if you like, you can download here.) Good if you plan on printing out all 326 pages of it, not so good if you are a blogger who wants to comment on a particular section and show your readers exactly what you’re talking about.
So I’ve taken the copy published by NRO and parsed it into a format that allows for easy browsing online. . .
. . . If those who forged this “compromise” have their way, this bill will be voted on as early as Tuesday. That’s a crazily short amount of time for Senators — let alone the American public — to review, understand, and have a voice on the substance of such a complex bill.
My hope, however, is that by presenting the bill in this form, I will help make the bill more accessible to all, and provide a central spot where commentary, criticism, and suggested improvements can be assembled. Who knows — maybe our erstwhile leaders on Capitol Hill will take notice, and take some of our comments to heart.