------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 15:06:18 -0800 From: Jim Warren Subject: File 8--GOV-ACCESS #2 interests; radio chat; joining this list Jan. 19, 1994 SOME DIMENSIONS OF THE GOV-ACCESS/PUB-RCDS TURF Note: Access to public records is one component of a broader issue -- the input side (from the public's perspective, the perspective of this list). Functionality in which citizens may be interested: access to information, online feedback to officials & agencies online access, offline bulk-data access, info services (not just data) personal use, nonprofit-organization use, commercial/tax-paying use public dissemination, community discussion (town-sized to Village Earth) Level(s) of government in which citizens may be interested: city/town, county/parrish, state, federal, multi-national Types of public government information in which citizens may be interested: political disclosures, legislative, judicial/courts, all public records If yer willin', it would be nice to know your interests -- which will *not* be disclosed to anyone else, unless your identifying specifics are removed. **If you respond, please be SURE to indicate whether you are already on this distribution list -- i.e., you received this, directly to your eaddr.** SF BAY AREA TALK-SHOW ABOUT COMPUTER-AIDED PUBLIC ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT I have been invited to have an hour-long radio talk-show chat about computer-assisted access to government -- legislative information, political disclosures, computerized public records, etc. (and I hope to include privacy concerns in the discussion, too, e.g. commercial abuse of driver lic info). More importantly, it's on one of the biggest stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it's in radio's *prime* time -- the weekday p.m. commute hours! The Peter B. Collins Show KSFO-AM/KYA-FM (560-KHz/93-MHz) 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Monday, January 24th [ If you are knowedgeable computer-aided gov-access issues, why not contact *your* area's radio talk-show producers (ask for the producer; not the host), and see if they will have you and/or knowledgable collegues discuss them? ] TO BE ADDED TO THIS GOV-ACCESS INFORMATION-DISTRIBUTION LIST Several people pointed out that I neglected, in posting #1, to state how new-comers can be added to this distribution list. Tsk! (This list has been growing for about 9 months; originally focused only on one specific California bill mandating free online legislative access.) Email your request to jwarren@well.sf.ca.us At a minimum, state the email address you wish added to the list. If you are willing, please also include your traditional contact info: name, work, organization, snailmail address, voice phone, fax. Please note: So far, this is an information distribution list; not a discussion list. However, several of us are planning moderated and unmoderated USENET news-groups on these topics -- that will *not* conflict with existant news-groups and lists. Yes, as soon as there are coherent draft-plans, this list will hear of them. Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc. >>Permission herewith granted for unlimited reposting and recirculation.<< ------------------------------ ************************************************************************ ***** End of Computer Underground Digest #6.09 ***** ************************************************************************