2009/8/28 Juliet Samuel <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > This might already exist (if so, please let me know so that I can use it!) > but I was thinking it would be good to build a site that maps out all the > different committees and administrative bodies of government. The reason I > thought of this is that I'm currently doing research on how MPs' expenses > are administered, and there are about 8 different bodies that are somehow > involved in various capacities. The Parliament website gives you no > information about how they are related and how they interact. I think I have > now roughly worked this out and it seems there should be a way to make that > public, a site where all the absurd almost Orwellian name changes of > committees are kept track of and things are up to date so that people can > just look at it to work out what part of government is responsible for > what. At the moment so many areas are just an opaque mess of bodies.e.g., > how many articles on expenses have you read that just refer to the > incredibly vague "House of Commons authorities" instead of the actual people > or committee responsible. >
What would such a thing look like? What sort of diagram/schematic would you find helpful? It might be useful for you to mock something up (graphically, even by hand) to show what you'd like to see. I agree its hard to find your way around, but its not entirely clear what the right answer is. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
