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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Why can't we do this in Indiana?
The Ohio Channel ("A Serivce of Ohio's Public Broadcasting Stations") has the most incredibly cool governmental site I have seen!
Take a look! You can watch live video streams of the Ohio House, Senate, and Supreme Court.
Better still, there are archives. REAL ARCHIVES. The Ohio leadership presumably doesn't have the concerns the Indiana legislative leadership has expressed about providing an accessible record of its work to the public.
The Senate video archive goes back to 1997. For every day the Senate has been in session from 1997 forward, you can view the entire session day, or select portions, because the broadcast is indexed! Here is an example of the index of part of one day:
November 12, 1997 : Segment #1Here is Tuesday, May 24, 2004 in the Ohio Senate -- take a look at how simple it is to watch.
11:00 Am Convene Session/Invocation Rev. Dorothea Maloney
11:02 Am Journal of Previous Day
11:02 Am SR #2383
Resolution Sage Regger, Drake
11:08 Am Reports
11:14 Am SB #98 [Sub] [Amend]
Third Consideration Johnson
11:17 Am SB #116 [Sub] [Amend]
Third Consideration
11:18 Am SCR #10
Third Consideration Dix
In the future, the site will also have podcasts.
(BTW - Each Senate day opens with a prayer -- the ones I've watched are nonsectarian and would have received Judge Hamilton's blessing.)
[Thanks to the Kentucky Law Blog for pointing out the Ohio site.]
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 18, 2006 07:24 PM
Posted to Indiana Government