RE: Goals (Information/Implementation)
- Archived: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:16:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:57:44 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Paul Orum <paul_orum@yahoo.com>
- Subject: RE: Goals (Information/Implementation)
- X-topic: Introductions/Goals
Sean Bechta writes (about a national facility registry that tracks permit renewals, etc.):
"...I think such a registry will only be useful to a wide range of individuals if one extra tool is added. A user should be able to set up a "profile" with parameters or subjects they are interested in (geographic area, permit applications, wetlands, etc.). Every time an element is added to the register which meets the profile parameters the entry is automatically e-mailed to the user..."
Yes, that is the idea -- that people can sort and find information according to a number of parameters -- location (zipcode, city, watershed, etc.), industrial sector, regulatory program, responsible party, etc.
Enabling people to opt-in for e-mail (or postcard, etc.) notification based on certain perameters would certainly add to power of the registry.
By itself such a registry does not ensure public involvement by any means, but it does create the environment from which public involvement is more likely and more informed.
Paul Orum
Working Group on Community Right-to-Know
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