IPSecure
12-02-2010, 11:29 AM
Every day lawmakers on Capitol Hill are bombarded with comments from citizens, but often times the sheer amount of input falls on deaf ears because the Congressional staffs can't sort through it all. Agencies are facing similar situations.
Emails, tweets and Facebook posts have made it easier for citizens to communicate with lawmakers. But, until now, there has been no corresponding tool to help representatives and their staff make sense of all the comments.
POPVOX (http://www.popvox.com/), launching in its beta version, is an answer to the "deluge" of information coming into congressional offices...
POPVOX allows citizens and grassroots organizations to register their position on specific bills pending before Congress, Harris said. Congressional staff and members can find out how constituents feel about certain issues.
Those comments and positions are taken into account for a floor speech, a committee meeting and the final vote, Harris said.
Link (http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=150&sid=2184451)
Emails, tweets and Facebook posts have made it easier for citizens to communicate with lawmakers. But, until now, there has been no corresponding tool to help representatives and their staff make sense of all the comments.
POPVOX (http://www.popvox.com/), launching in its beta version, is an answer to the "deluge" of information coming into congressional offices...
POPVOX allows citizens and grassroots organizations to register their position on specific bills pending before Congress, Harris said. Congressional staff and members can find out how constituents feel about certain issues.
Those comments and positions are taken into account for a floor speech, a committee meeting and the final vote, Harris said.
Link (http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=150&sid=2184451)