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US Government Legislative Branch
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US GovernmentLegislative Branch
House of Representatives435 Members2 year terms
Senate100 Members6 year terms
1995Committee StaffOffice of Technology AssessmentArms Control and Foreign Policy CaucusLegislative Service Organizations
The Lobotomy of Congress
COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUES IGNORE BORDERS
New Missions after Cold War
COLD WAR1991
Somalia
HaitiHonduras
Bosnia
Kosovo
East Tim
or
AfghanistanPakist
an
Indian Ocean
Iraq
Orphaned Issues
Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations
Committee
How Congress influences policy
• Introduce resolutions and policy statements: •Initiate legislative directives: • Establish new programs.•Apply legislative pressure: • Enact legislative restrictions and deny funding:• Give Informal Advice:
Leftovers
Righteous
Everyone Else
How Congress Hears About Complex Issues800% more contact30-40% less staffmoney=speech
Technology Mashup Fellows
• Civic Tech• Legislation • Inventory district expertise?• Communication?• civic engagement?• Consultation• Social Media• Technical Translator and
Educator
• What tools?• When in legislative
process?• Real-time?• Mobile?• Calendar?• Chat?• Expert Hubs?• Higher ed partnerships• local networks i.e. wikis
Hard Power World
Social Capital World•Civic Technology Tools •Big Data Analytics•Knowledge Curation•Local, Social, Mobile
• Corruption• Dominance of Narrow
Interests• Obsolescence• Incapacitation• Centralization
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