Mick Dumke has more on Chicago City Clerk Miguel del Valle's efforts (starting this week with archived video of City Council meetings) to bring the government into the 21st century:

[T]he clerk emphasized that more improvements are on the way. He said by early fall the Web site should include a new document management system that will enable users to search for particular pieces of legislation, their sponsors, and their progress—something more in line with the user-friendly system in place for the state legislature. Eventually, he said, there will be links from this information to video clips showing how aldermen deliberated and voted on it.