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CA legislative data *online*
Darling cyberanarchists out there, I am delighted to foward this
announcement that all of CA bills and legislative data are now
available for perusal based on the passage of a revolutionary bill for
Cyberdemocracy, AB1624. You will obviously want to stay away from this
FTP site at all costs, because to visit it would indicate that you are
actually interested in this nation's government, democracy, and may
even want to participate in the system you live in, all antithetical to
the goals of `cyberanarchy', as you have yelled into my and others'
ears with excruciating noise and frequency.
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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 17:50:40 -0800
From: Al Whaley <[email protected]>
Subject: GOV-ACCESS #4: Calif legislation, statutes & constitution NOW ONLINE (fwd)
According to Jim Warren:
>From [email protected] Sat Jan 22 17:36:08 1994
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 17:11:30 -0800
From: Jim Warren <[email protected]>
Subject: GOV-ACCESS #4: Calif legislation, statutes & constitution NOW ONLINE
Jan. 22, 1994
On Friday, Jan. 21, 1994, the California Legislature began offering global
online access to almost-all public information about legislation-in-process,
all current state statutes, and the volumous California Constitution.
The state is prohibited from charging *anything* for access to or re-use of
this electronic information.
Access is by Internet ftp and ftpmail ["ftp" = file transfer protocol].
Note: ftpmail allows anyone with access to the Internet at least for email
purposes to access these files (that are often large). ftpmail provides
access for users of FidoNet, CompuServe, GEnie, Prodigy, etc., as well as
offering Internet users an option to direct ftp .
README and help files provide complete details.
FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL ...
To receive the help file, send the following email:
To: [email protected]
subject: <optional, the system ignores the subject-line>
Message lines: connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
help
quit
To receive the two README files, send the following email:
To: [email protected]
subject: <optional, the system ignores the subject-line>
Message lines: connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
get README_WELCOME
cd pub
get README_FIRST
quit
And await details of how you may finally participate in the process of your
own governance.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, California is the
first state in the nation to offer almost all of its public legislative,
statutory and constitutional information via the Internet, *especially*
without charge by the state.
- --jim
Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc.
[email protected] -or- [email protected]
345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814
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[email protected] +1-415 322-5411 Tel, -6481 Fax, Box 60, Palo Alto, CA 94302
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