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US Senate & House Create YouTube Channels

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-wait-for-them-to-do-something-that-matters dept.

eldavojohn writes "Following an election in which online videos played an important role, the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate have opened YouTube channels (or 'hubs') advertised to be a 'backstage pass to your government.' Ideally this will bring transparency to citizens and inform them of their senators' & representatives' positions and ideas."

2 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. I'll be impressed by MikeRT · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When the federal budget is released in a well-documented, well-designed XML file format.

  2. there needs to be a "save" mechanism by johnny+cashed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If youtube is going to start carrying government videos, presumably funded by taxpayers, the videos need to be public domain and youtube needs to have a built in mechanism to allow views to save the video. I know there are ways of saving the videos already, but youtube does not provide this functionality.