Update 07/06/2010: Apparently, the site isn’t new at all (new to me, though). My bad. Still… nice work!
Once again, the UK leads the way and shows us what’s possible…
The newly launched TellThemWhatYouThink.org is a website that promises to bring citizens a lot closer to the consultations that affect them. From the website:
We collect government consultations into one place, so you can:
Search current goverment consultations for words and phrases
Set up alerts to tell you when consultations of interest are published
From the FAQ:
What’s this all about, then?
TellThemWhatYouThink.org indexes the details of government consultations from the various websites upon which they’re published and stores the information centrally, allowing them all to be searched and browsed in one place.The site started because of a desire to be informed of any consultation that is relevant to a certain issue; for example, data sharing. Any department could publish a consultation calling for opinions about data sharing, but the only way to find out about them before this site began was to check each department’s individual website. With over 20 sites to check, this was a very time consuming activity!
As of this writing, consultations from 29 departments are being tracked. Neat-o!
I like this idea, obviously. A central consultation directory and calendar for the entire United States is something I had first suggested during last year’s Open Government Dialogue (and also later on as feedback on the Open Government Dashboard).
We’ll have to wait and see if something similar to TellThemWhatYouThink.org pops up over here eventually. I’m currently not aware of any such efforts.
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The Singaporean Ministry of Manpower (MOM) offers a list of their online consultations: http://app.reach.gov.sg/olcp/asp/ocp/ocp01d1.asp?id=6063
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