Johnson's Congressional Websites

Dennis Johnson has important information about how Congressional websites have fared over the years. They clearly improved with the benefit of research from the Congress Online Project. Particularly interesting was the story of the focus group that snickered when a link led to "Congress in recess," but was silenced when they saw a Congressperson's schedule while at home. I think the book could benefit from more interesting anecdotes such as that.

I did notice that he always applauded comprehensiveness, but didn't discuss the issue of information overload on a website. When is more too much?

His suggestion for an overarching Congressional web portal is a good one.

It's interesting to see the pros and cons, from different viewpoints, of making certain types of information public. Johnson sides with as much access to the public as possible, but also makes clear where the limits are.