A public policy auction system for providing a monetary incentive for the
adoption of efficient public policies, which encourages constituents of
multiple government houses (house, senate, committee, councils, etc.) at
different levels (federal, state, local, international) to bid on
attempts to persuade members of those government houses to vote on
legislation. The system generally comprises a series of hierarchical
negotiations and auctions for the proprietary right to receive a portion
of the savings generated from the efficiency of a given public policy.
The system is administered over the Internet by a series of software
modules. The basic functions are registration of constituents and
legislators; logon authorization; a password protected administrative
section for setting up auctions and associated support functions; auction
functions consisting of two phases, a bidding phase and a lobbying phase,
including calculations; support, reporting and graphical views; and a
public section for announcements and electronic mail.