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Friday, November 26, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: - Good news from House of Representatives
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 17th, which noted: (a) that although the House has said all committee meeting will be videocast, there has been no similar word from the Senate; and (b) that the important Budget Committee hearings, going on right now, are NOT being videocast, today's story by Dan Carden in the NWI Times also gives no word on what the Senate is doing:
Northwest Indiana and the Indiana Statehouse soon will be only a mouse click apart.House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, plans to have every House committee room wired for video and audio and will broadcast every committee meeting over the Internet, starting Jan. 5.
"Every action of every committee will be observed by the public," Bosma said. "We're going to create unprecedented transparency in the Indiana House." * * *
Bosma is seeking cost estimates for his wiring plan, according to Indiana House GOP spokeswoman Tory Flynn. The new technology and installation will be paid for out of a Legislative Services Agency technology fund, she said.
Schorg said Democrats didn't wire every committee room when they had the majority over the past four years because of cost. Instead, Democrats would move popular committee hearings, such as House testimony on the Illiana Expressway, to already wired rooms or the House chamber so they could be webcast, Schorg said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 26, 2010 09:13 AM
Posted to Indiana Government