It's a start

Lawmakers may be bad at getting on that whole Internet bandwagon, as Johnson discusses in frightening detail, but at least someone in that part of town is getting it right. Last month, the Congressional Research Service announced that it would be putting its reports online for the public to search, capping a long campaign by open-government advocates.

My general theory behind pretty much everything we've read this semester is that it takes baby steps to get the Internet into everyone's lives, especially when you're dealing with politicians who may not be so quick on the technological uptake. Putting the CRS reports on the Web is a small step, but the more often a lawmaker associates aspects of his political life (such as looking up a report) with the Web, the more likely he will be to adopt new technologies.