Over in the Labs, we scraped all the ideas off of the latest National Dialogue on Recovery.gov to see of... View Article
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Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 8, 2009
Today, May 8th, marks the 125th birthday of Harry S Truman, our 33rd president. He once said, “Secrecy and a... View Article
Continue readingA Stimulus Lobbying Loophole?
When President Obama issued a memorandum to “ensure the responsible spending of recovery act funds,” he required members of the... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight 5/8/09
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Continue readingThe Dawning of Empire State Transparency
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Continue readingThe Insufficient Lobbying Disclosure Act
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Continue readingReviewing Last Week’s National Dialogue on Recovery IT
The following is an excerpt from what's been going on inside the head of Greg Elin, the retiring Chief Evangelist for the Sunlight Foundation, as he contemplates the Recovery's Board week-long virtual brainstorming event TheNationalDialogue.org which concluded Sunday. Moderator: The Recovery Board has launched a web site for what it bills as a National Dialogue on Recovery IT hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration. The virtual event began on Monday, April 27 and ended Sunday, May 3. To discuss how the event went are my two guests who have been following Recovery.gov. My first guest is happy "Greg :-)" who believes the Web changes everything and end-users made the conversation fruitful. Presenting a different view is grumpy "Greg :-(" who knows a bureaucracy when he sees one and wonders how this was a dialogue if no Recovery Board IT people participated. Greg :-) I'm happy to be here. Greg :-( (Hmpf) Thank you for having me.
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