Sen. TG Guingona files Crowdsourcing Act of 2012

In the aftermath of the Republic Act 10175, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, Sen. TG Guingona files the Crowdsourcing Act of 2012 which gives the public a chance to express their thoughts and sentiments on pending laws.

According to Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona, the Crowdsourcing Act of 2012 allows people to comment on pending bills through email and the internet. It also allows the public to access copies of bills and measures pending before the Senate and the House of Representatives. Simply put, the people, including the online community, are allowed to participate in the process of law-making.

As shown in the infographic, the bill promotes Transparency, People participation and Accountability. However, as indicated, it’s not perfect and calls for help from the public in order to improve it.

You can read and download the entire bill at bit.ly/crowdsourcingact.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

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26 Comments

LenovoLover says:

12 years ago

go TG!
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booboo says:

12 years ago

Freedom of Information should also be passed.
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BR says:

12 years ago

Nice Galing ni TG!!!
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BR says:

12 years ago

Sana mauna tong bill na to before FOI, para kung sino man ang hindi nag vote in favor of FOI, alam natin kung sino sila.
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unggoy says:

12 years ago

ung mga nag-rarally nga sa kalye di pinapakinggan, sa computer pa kya?

O_o
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RickLabrador says:

12 years ago

This is really GOOD! Lets help improve and make this act possible.
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deuts says:

12 years ago

If it’s a bill, it’s a bill. If it’s not yet a law, it’s not an act.
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Mike says:

12 years ago

sana tiyakin ng Crowdsourcing Act kung paano makakasali sa online discourse yung workers/farmers/urban and rural poor… sila kasi ang majority. sila ang numero unong tinatamaan ng “nation’s problems”. sila ang susi sa totoong “nation building”.
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Marvin says:

12 years ago

those crocs will do anything to stop any acts for good governance for sure.
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rodel urot says:

12 years ago

nice one! all gov’t. biddings should be published online too.
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Mark says:

12 years ago

TG Guingona is the champion of the netizens! Surely voting for him when he needs it :D
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PSEspiritu says:

12 years ago

The accidental hero milks the proverbial cow.
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2toyzki says:

12 years ago

I think kung maipatupad man ito, hindi ito tatagal…. sa dami b namang trolls na pilipino (hindi lahat) eh for sure kung may pangit na bill eh tatadtarin yan ng troll comments..
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ChrisP says:

12 years ago

Nauna pa yang cybercrime law sa anti-EPAL bill.. :3
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vince says:

12 years ago

http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government.html

watch the above talk. It talks about a software (open source) used for collaboration in writing software with different people in different locations. With this software we know who wrote/deleted/edited what line and when the edit was made and we have a history of the previous versions.

It’s a similar principle to wikipedia articles. The final wiki article you see is the product of collaboration from many people and if the wikipedia user logged in, we know who wrote what and when.

Code is also similar to laws. If this bill doesn’t push through, we could use a version of the software within congress. It would record which congressman/senator made such and such change, complete with a history of previous versions. If it does push through then we really need some kind of software to control the chaos of thousands of people collaborating to create a new law
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kidlat020 says:

12 years ago

So, lalabas na parang wikipedia ang lawmaking? Probably the fastest and the best way para maplantsa ang isang law, pero:

1. ready naman kaya magpakumbaba ang lawmakers into a random anon (or at best a forum mod) para makuha ang opinion natin?
2. at ang mga buwaya? they would practically lose power once napuna ang mga mali sa law, that they take advantage of.
3. Would they be willing to understand and adapt to the anonymity nature of internet?

Well there’s one definite BIG advantage the lawmakers would get when they DO this: hindi na time-consuming ang lawmaking. Would they be willing to make a compromise?
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kidlat020 says:

12 years ago

add ko lang:

4. The “trolls” entering to this outsourcing will probably be the crocs themselves or the uneducated. I want to get at least some assurance that these “trolls” will be left out of the discussion. Pero pano kaya nila gagawin 2?
5. eh pano kung troll si guingona in the first place? Or I guess the better question is “who is troll sa senado”?
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gerry says:

12 years ago

this is a very good idea, FTW TG!
companies are doing this, why not the government. in the annotations once a certain bill is passed a note of thanks can be given to anon “anon delivers!”

not unless someone – suddenly steals all the credits, plagiarizing the whole thing.
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http:// says:

12 years ago

Beim genaueren Lesen vom Text “%BLOGTITLE”, dann merke ich,
dass hier Entsprechendes an Arbeit investiert wurde. Das finde ich klasse.

Denn man findet einen ordentlichen Haufen durchschnittliche
Artikel in den verschiedensten Homepages. Dementsprechend weiter so und nicht unterkriegen
lassen. Das ist mit Sicherheit die richtige Richtung, wie du in Zukunft noch
saubere Texte wie diesen hier hinbekommen kannst.
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