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Agriculture

Website URL

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Does the front page of the committees website contain (or prominently link to):

A schedule of committee meetings/hearing

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A search box (with advanced search capabilities, such as sort by date, document file type, topic, etc.)

Yes

The locations of committee and *subcommittee* offices, including phone numbers or email addresses

No

Does the committees website contain (or links to):

A description of the committees jurisdiction

Yes

Information about subcommittees

Yes

Committee publications (prints, reports, etc.)

No

Contact information for the relevant majority or miority staffers The minority website

No Yes

Does the committee contain (or link to) the following new media information:

A blog about the committees activities A Facebook account A Twitter account Podcasts (e.g., iTunes) Photographs (e.g. Flickr)

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A list of all RSS feeds/email sign-up

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Committee Hearings
Do all hearing pages include:

The date and time the hearing takes place

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The location the hearing takes place

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The topics/ subject matter of the hearing (what it is about)

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Identify the type of hearing, i.e., whether it is an oversight, mark-up, executive business, or nomination hearing

Yes

Include and identify whether the hearing is taking place before the full committee or a subcommittee

Yes

Does the committee's hearing schedule include information about hearings that have already taken place during that session of Congress (ideally should include previous sessions as well)

Yes

Do pages covering hearings that have concluded include: A list of witnesses

Yes

The written testimony of the witnesses

Yes

Documents submitted to the committee A transcript of the hearing

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Video or audio from the hearing (streaming and archived)

Yes

Do pages concerning mark-ups include:

The legislation that was referred to the committee (or a link to the legislation) important comment Yes

Discussion or working drafts of legislation

Yes

The chairmans mark (the measure recommended by the committee chairman for mark-up)

No

Amendments submitted for consideration (and their sponsor)

Yes

A brief summary of the amendments submitted for consideration Votes on amendments

Yes Yes

The final committee report, or a link to where it can be found

No

For witness disclosures, committees should ingest the disclosures as structured data, even through a spreadsheet with defined rows, and a google form, to allow for easier searching and analysis of witness disclosures.

Subcommittee Pages

Do pages for subcommittees include:

A plain English description of the jurisdiction of the subcommittee

Yes

A list of the matters before the subcommittee

No

A list of subcommittee members

Yes

Contact information for the relevant majority and minority staffers Links to relevant hearings

No No

The same general kinds of information that are available for the full committee

No

Membership Information

Does the website provide the following information regarding committee membership:

Include a list of all committee members

Yes

Indicate the seniority of each committee member (they are often listed in order of seniority)

Yes

Separately indicate the members of the different subcommittees

No

Link to each committee members official web page

Yes

Publications

Does the website include the following committee publications:

Current committee reports, oversight reports, and other documents, or a link to where they can be found reports from earlier Congresses are particularly helpful as well

No

The committees rules

Yes

Any related CRS/ GAO/IG or other reports or memoranda

No

A committee oversight plan (House only) or nominations information (Senate only)

No

When possible, are documents available in non-PDF format as well, such as XML?

No

Media/Press

Does the media/press page contain: Press advisories/ releases Fact sheets Yes No

Contact information for the majority and minority staff press persons An RSS feed

No Yes

Historical Information

Does the committee provide the following historical information: A history of the committee Yes

Major historical documents produced by the committee

No

Ethics information, such as recusal forms for committee members who cannot participate because they have a conflict of interest

No

A list of earmarks requests (when appropriate)

No

Memoranda of understanding (MOUs) reached with other committees regarding jurisdiction

No

Whistleblower

Does the committee provide information on a secure way for whistleblowers to contact the committee?

No

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