Kansas representative has gone 'paperless' too.Dear Editor: I appreciated your articles on the use of technology in legislative offices in the June 2003 issue of State Legislatures. As a freshman legislator LEGISLATOR. One who makes laws. 2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to and the youngest woman in the Kansas Legislature The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, comprising of 125 Representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 Senators. , I started the year by going "paperless." When constituents write letters, my intern intern /in·tern/ (in´tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine. in·tern or in·terne n. calls to get their email addresses. When an agency sends its annual report or a briefing, I return it, requesting a Web site URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. or electronic copy. I send a weekly e-mail newsletter during the session and do "play-by-play" updates from the House floor when we are in veto session. My constituents love the frequent contact (but not so frequent as to be annoying) and are comfortable dropping me e-mail when it is convenient for them. The positive response has been overwhelming, and I am looking into running a paperless campaign with an on-line contribution tool. Thanks for highlighting this easy and cheaper correspondence option. Stephanie Sharp Representative Kansas PS: Keep an eye on the Kansas House Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Committee. We went partly paperless last year. The hearings were live on the Internet, and we software enabled us to used sharing that mark up bills simultaneously. In addition, we viewed the bills and testimony on our laptops and could make our own notes right on the testimony on the computer. Representative Jim Morrison Noun 1. Jim Morrison - United States rock singer (1943-1971) James Douglas Morrison, Morrison is the chairman of this committee, and he is the technology guru who spearheaded all of this. |
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