Handling Email Overload in Congress

DedHerring writes "A piece from Roll Call, a newspaper on the hill, that describes how Congressional offices are working to identify which of the many bulk emails received are actually from constituents of their district. Worth a read to know if the click-through online petition you participate in is ever going to be considered by the recipient legislator. Confirms many posts in Slashdot on this topic."

Comments

Re:Can the general public use these tags?

[csnydermvpsoft]

>>Maybe there should be a web page at http://www.house.gov/ that would let you use this system, then you mom-and-pop AOL users can get "equal time".

Do we really want "mom-and-pop AOL users" to be able to email our politicians?

Dear Sentor:

Pleas right sum legislcion to maek internet cheeper. Thank yuo.

Of course, nothing beats a brick thrown through a

[vkg]

window.....

"Just trying to get you to focus on the issues, M. Antoinette".