For those who haven't seen already, Effective Altruism Policy Analytics made its first post last week and will still be looking for more assistance going forward.
We are looking for help in:
- Finding experts
- Making policy comments
- Getting feedback
- Logo design
- Building a website
- Searching regulations.gov
If you are interested, or know an expert who is interested, use this form to join our network, or send an email to effectivealtruismatumd@gmail.com with "EAPA" in the subject line followed by what you are interested in helping with.
The sheet linked here contains regulations we have looked at, as well as one column that can be edited by viewers and experts who would like to sign up to help with a comment. Each row contains a notice of a proposed rule or a final rule, its comment expiration date, and some short notes. Yellow rows are under consideration or comment construction, green rows have been submitted, gray rows have expired or are no longer being considered at all, and white rows have not been thoroughly investigated yet.
We will try to post frequently to our blog and would like as much feedback as possible about our work. If you do not have a WordPress account, you can still leave us feedback on this forum, or in the comments section of our .impact page.
What does the "assessment" column mean?
In an early version of the sheet we had multiple columns subjectively assessing things like the replaceability of comments, how high impact an influential comment could be, and our sense of how probable influence was. Each person on the team had their own column for ranking importance.
In the current sheet, these were merged together to make a rough prioritization and remove clutter from the sheet for those who help us. That being said, this prioritization did not take into account our current team ability to produce comments, or the fact that easier comments may be good for feedback. This is why we submitted a low importance comment as a feedback test.