Steve Clift has also circulated a notice on the Web-based Education Commission. The WBEC is a panel of 16 people appointed by the government looking for ways to engaged the education and Internet communities together in order to create online learning opportunities and environments. What's more, there is a database of submitted testimony, searchable by name or type of organization or individual, as well as educational or policy interest. What if, however, you are more interested in access to goverment information at the federal level, particularly from the agencies. If so, how does one know know how to effectively harness existing information portals to get to the content relevant to you.
Opacity refers to the incomprehensible context in which content is presented.
This is a problem of the way information is presented. This might be solved by creating a mechanism for input and feedback from the audience, instead of leaving the information and content decisions to the portal producers. Opening the database architecture to outside groups might help to fill in the gaps on what might be missing. An Experiment in Interactive Legislation.