Comments on: Genius Idea: A Sarbanes-Oxley for politicians http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-121098 Mike Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:14:02 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-121098 I also do agree with you but also I think that (as per my knowledge) MPs do not have that much of time to read the whole bill and it will take them lot of time to understand the whole bill, actually they could not predict the actual impact of the new legislation bill other than experts who do have deep knowledge about that particular bill theme, so it is best to assemble the views of various experts and than the MP’s should decide taking into view of various experts to vote for that particular bill or not to vote. I also do agree with you but also I think that (as per my knowledge) MPs do not have that much of time to read the whole bill and it will take them lot of time to understand the whole bill, actually they could not predict the actual impact of the new legislation bill other than experts who do have deep knowledge about that particular bill theme, so it is best to assemble the views of various experts and than the MP’s should decide taking into view of various experts to vote for that particular bill or not to vote.

]]> By: Dominic http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-72569 Dominic Fri, 04 May 2007 11:14:07 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-72569 For sure legislation needs to be written by human beings, rather than government nerds, but I still fully support the notion. How about signing in blood? For sure legislation needs to be written by human beings, rather than government nerds, but I still fully support the notion. How about signing in blood?

]]> By: Greenmonk Associates : On The Web, Green Change, Architectures of Participation and Rain-making http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-72536 Greenmonk Associates : On The Web, Green Change, Architectures of Participation and Rain-making Fri, 04 May 2007 10:21:25 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-72536 [...] got into the office and found an interesting link on my Monkchips blog - as part of a comment on a completely different topic. I followed it and came to Thomas Bjelkeman, one of the leaders behind GreenOcean, a [...] [...] got into the office and found an interesting link on my Monkchips blog - as part of a comment on a completely different topic. I followed it and came to Thomas Bjelkeman, one of the leaders behind GreenOcean, a [...]

]]> By: Danno http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-71890 Danno Thu, 03 May 2007 17:07:08 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-71890 Another thing that might work is keeping the length of a piece of legislation down. If something is actually capable of being read by a normal human being, it might mean that legislators can comprehend it. Another thing that might work is keeping the length of a piece of legislation down.

If something is actually capable of being read by a normal human being, it might mean that legislators can comprehend it.

]]> By: Thomas Bjelkeman http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-71882 Thomas Bjelkeman Thu, 03 May 2007 16:37:03 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/05/03/genius-idea-a-sarbanes-oxley-for-politicians/#comment-71882 An interesting thought. I remember hearing that when the Environmental Party (Miljöpartiet) in Sweden got into the parliament the first time in '88 they took a new policy of actually reading all new legislation which was put in front of them before they voted. Apparently they did this for some time and then were so overworked that they had to stop trying to do that. Now, I can't actually find a reference for this, so it may well be an urban myth (but it is pre-web, so I feel excused). But I am convinced that you are right. I think it would slow down passing of legislation significantly. An interesting thought. I remember hearing that when the Environmental Party (Miljöpartiet) in Sweden got into the parliament the first time in ‘88 they took a new policy of actually reading all new legislation which was put in front of them before they voted. Apparently they did this for some time and then were so overworked that they had to stop trying to do that. Now, I can’t actually find a reference for this, so it may well be an urban myth (but it is pre-web, so I feel excused). But I am convinced that you are right. I think it would slow down passing of legislation significantly.

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