From October 1, 2008 through the end of the year, eighteen companies that had received, or would receive, bailout funds... View Article
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In a blog post announcing the President’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first piece of legislation... View Article
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Letter to the Editor at the New York Times this morning. It’s worth posting in full. Published: January 28, 2009... View Article
Continue readingRecovery.gov: an Important Moment
Something’s missing from the public debate about recovery.gov, the Web site proposed for public stimulus disclosure. Most of the coverage... View Article
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The Obama administration has promised that they will track the progress of project approved in the stimulus bill (H.R. 1)... View Article
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Rep. Brian Baird and Rules Chair Louise Slaughter reintroduced an important transparency bill that would ban lawmakers, executive branch officials,... View Article
Continue reading‘Direct to Constituent’ Communications
Mark Hannah has a thoughtful post about how the Obama administration and Congress are adopting what he terms “Direct to... View Article
Continue readingXML is Not Enough
David Robinson, associate director of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, has an interesting post at the center’s Freedom to... View Article
Continue readingGovernment Hackers – Know These Challenges
The value proposition of Web 2.0 changing government is no longer debated. But your govt hacker street cred depends on understanding the real challenge is interoperability with policies and rules created for a federal government whose founders embraced the disruptive technology of their time, the printing press.
The following links are your briefing book...
Stimulus Bill Amendments
The House Rules Committee approved amendments for consideration during the floor debate on the stimulus bill (H.R. 1). There are... View Article
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