Chris Van Buren at Internet & Democracy Blog has an interesting post today about how social media is being used... View Article
Continue readingTrue Washington Intrigue
Late last evening, CQ Politics’ Jeff Stein added a big dose of oxygen to a barely smoldering scandal that many... View Article
Continue reading13th Annual Webbys
On Tuesday, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 13th annual the Webby Awards,... View Article
Continue readingThe Online Election
This past fall’s national election was historic and groundbreaking in so many ways. Add the public’s unprecedented use of the... View Article
Continue readingTransparency 2.0
Nick Troiano at SocialGovernment.com has an interesting and important post about government transparency, the 2.0 version. Nick was reflecting from... View Article
Continue readingOpenSecrets Goes OpenData
This is very big news. As of today, Center for Responsive Politics’ site OpenSecrets.org has gone “open data.” For the... View Article
Continue readingSunlight as a Disinfectant
Here’s an example of what you can learn when you dig into federal recordsl…USA Today reports that the federal government,... View Article
Continue readingTop 10 Measurements for Transparency
Weekend before this most recent one, Government 2.0 Camp took place here in Washington and by all accounts it was... View Article
Continue readingKundra’s Mission
It’s an understatement to say that us open government advocates have placed great hope on Vivek Kundra. We take President... View Article
Continue readingStorytelling 2.0
My good friend Allison Fine has an interesting post about the “power and limits of storytelling” via social media on... View Article
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