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On Thursday, the White House published its long-awaited guidance for federal agencies to comply with President Obama’s 2009 Open Government Directive.
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On Thursday, Rep. Steve Israel reintroduced the Public Online Information Act, which would enshrine into law the simple, transformative principle that in the 21st century, public means online.
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Although the U.S. has been a frontrunner in high technology development, WEF ranks the U.S. fifth behind Singapore, Finland, Sweden and Norway in a global index of countries.
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