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ChicagoCode.org Launches in Full, Offers City Laws in Regular Language
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Help Decode Your Law. ChicagoCode.org Launches in Full, Offers City Laws in Regular Language. March 19, 2015. Chicago’s relaunched non-beta website includes a streamlined design and features that weren’t originally available upon beta launch. Chicago first launched the beta version of its open legal code website ChicagoCode.org. Click here to read the full article. 2014 Open Gov Foundation. Powered by The State Decoded. Send us an email. Or Tweet us @FoundOpenGov.
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Testimonials
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Help Decode Your Law. Here’s what people are saying about “decoded” laws and legal codes. 8220;Open Government is doing a much needed, long-overdue service to people that will make a difference now and in the future. I didn’t know codes cannot be accessed by [the] public. Everything that’s made into and written as Law should be public knowledge, public property. That must change.”. Meetup.com User Archana, 11/14/13. Overall, an amazing idea and tool! 8211;MadisonDC User Katie R, 5/21/2014. As John Adams ...
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Help Decode Your Law
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Help Decode Your Law. Help Decode Your Law. How You Can Open and Upgrade the Law Where You Live. If you’re a passionate citizen, here are a few ways to get involved:. Contact your elected officials and tell them you want to open the law in your city or state! Join the OpenGov Mailing List! Follow us on Twitter at @FoundOpenGov to get the latest updates. Look for the law in your city. Can’t find it? Find out why. Blog about it. Tweet it. Make some noise! You may want to start with the documentation.
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MarylandCode.org – Free Law for the Free State
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Help Decode Your Law. MarylandCode.org – Free Law for the Free State. June 5, 2013. MarylandCode.org – Free Law for the Free State. Today released MarylandCode.org. Is a $0-cost step towards the public data environment citizens and state officials deserve. And just as the law grows, so will MarylandCode.org. A number of improvement projects are already underway, including crowdsourced citizen-suggested titles. Want to do with the Maryland code? Click here to see what projects are underway. Better access ...
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Help Decode Your Law. The Movement to Make Legal Codes More Accessible Expands in Miami. December 4, 2015. From Route Fifty Decoding legal jargon is catching on in state and local jurisdictions. Miami-Dade County in South Florida released the beta version of its interactive, online legal code to the public Wednesday, with the goal of making jurisdictional laws understandable to non-lawyers and accessible to digital developers. Florida’s state government and Baltimore’s city government […]. May 12, 2015.
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SanFranciscoCode.org Empowering Citizens to Help Modernize the City’s Municipal Code
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Help Decode Your Law. SanFranciscoCode.org Empowering Citizens to Help Modernize the City’s Municipal Code. January 8, 2014. San Francisco City Supervisor Farrell Introduces Constituent-Driven. Made Possible by the. New, Interactive Municipal Code Website. SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 8, 2014) —. The non-partisan, non-profit OpenGov Foundation. And San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell. For violating housing laws appear to be significant. VIDEO: Watch Supervisor Farrell Introduce the Ordinance. In Septembe...
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About Decoded Laws
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Help Decode Your Law. America’s laws are the People’s public property. Nothing should stand between you and accessing the law. Believe it or not, there are real barriers blocking access to the law at all levels of government, from federal clean water rules to local pet-ownership laws. Complex, confusing legal jargon only makes knowing and protecting your rights that much harder. Share what you find with the world. Develop useful applications for the law. 2014 Open Gov Foundation. The information on this ...