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Exploratory text mining of ocean law to measure overlapping agency and jurisdictional authority

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Julia A. Ekstrom,

Gloria T. LauAuthors Info & Claims

dg.o '08: Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Digital government research

Pages 53 - 62

Published: 18 May 2008 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe an innovative application of mining laws to identify and measure overlapping jurisdictions of government agencies. Laws (statutes and regulations) were used to represent ocean and coastal management for four geopolitical jurisdictions of federal and state levels (Washington, Oregon, and California). We developed preliminary metrics of overlap based on the number of statutes, regulations, and agencies associated with any given topic. The utility of these metrics was tested on 46 topics representing a range of activities and resources across ocean-related sectors within the geographic scope of laws investigated. We found the preliminary results of the overlaps metrics to reveal results similar to a recent review of federal ocean management. In addition, a network diagram graphical display of the data revealed multiple dimensions to facilitate interpretation of results.

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Ekstrom JLau GLaw KHardy MBertot JNahon KChun SLuna-Reyes LAtluri V(2011)Application of the MINOE regulatory analysis frameworkProceedings of the 12th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference: Digital Government Innovation in Challenging Times10.1145/2037556.2037564(45-53)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2011
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2018358.2018377

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dg.o '08: Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Digital government research

May 2008

488 pages

ISBN:9781605580999

Conference Chairs:
Monique Charbonneau
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Lester Diamond
US Social Security Administration
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Soon Ae Chun,
Marijn Janssen,
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Richards RBruce TBertot JNahon KChun SLuna-Reyes LAtluri V(2011)Examples of specialized legal metadata adapted to the digital environment, from the U.S. code of federal regulationsProceedings of the 12th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference: Digital Government Innovation in Challenging Times10.1145/2037556.2037594(229-234)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2037556.2037594
Ekstrom JLau GLaw KHardy MBertot JNahon KChun SLuna-Reyes LAtluri V(2011)Application of the MINOE regulatory analysis frameworkProceedings of the 12th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference: Digital Government Innovation in Challenging Times10.1145/2037556.2037564(45-53)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2037556.2037564
Richards RBruce TAshley Kvan Engers T(2011)Adapting specialized legal metadata to the digital environmentProceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law10.1145/2018358.2018377(126-130)Online publication date: 6-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2018358.2018377

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