House leaders, GPO move to ease digital legislative access

House leaders and the Government Printing Office are taking a significant step forward for increasing transparency in government by making it possible for interested citizens to bulk download legislation in XML format.

From a technological perspective, the move isn’t a big deal, but, as the Sunlight Foundation’s Daniel Schuman explains, it is a milestone for people who want to read legislation and obtain other legislative information without having to be fluent in a computer programming language.