7 days ago
gleuschk : Sciencedebate 2008 - Barack Obama's answers to the top 14 science questions facing America (McCain hasn't answered yet)
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10 days ago
Linkorama : Techdirt: Do We Need a National CTO? - The idea of a designated tech policy advisor is more promising, but that also has potential downsides.
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11 days ago
Anil : Mayor Mike's Not Wearing His Pajamas - Today Newtalk, a site dedicated to substantive political discussions, hosted a conversation asking "Is it possible to fix government?". In his response to host Philip Howard, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg reveals that it's his first time responding to a con
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20 days ago
Anil : Mayor Mike's Not Wearing His Pajamas - Today Newtalk, a site dedicated to substantive political discussions, hosted a conversation asking "Is it possible to fix government?". In his response to host Philip Howard, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg reveals that it's his first time responding to a con
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Anil : Mayor Mike's Not Wearing His Pajamas - Today Newtalk, a site dedicated to substantive political discussions, hosted a conversation asking "Is it possible to fix government?". In his response to host Philip Howard, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg reveals that it's his first time responding to a con
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1 month ago
Eric Meyer : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - Yet another one of those charts that each side will see as a strong argument for its candidate's policy positions and a powerful condemnation of the other side's candidate. [via Tim] [via]
deusx : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com - "Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between t
gleuschk : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com - nice to have some data
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1 month ago
Linkorama : No Secret Software! - It’s simple: when data is gathered and used for the people as part of civic processes (voting is a good example), processing it using secret software, especially if it’s a private-sector secret, should be totally out of bounds.
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3 month ago
deusx : Study: .gov web sites should focus on RSS, XML—not redesigns - "David Robinson, Harlan Yu, William Zeller, and Ed Felten, all of Princeton's Information Technology Policy Center, suggest that government officials abandon the dream of developing usable web sites, and instead focus on providing raw public data suc
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4 month ago
nelson : White House knew of torture in 2002 - No big surprise here, but the whole "few bad eggs" thing is shown to be a lie
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4 month ago
wearehugh : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves
Linkorama : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves - We need a comprehensive data privacy law...Or we can leave it to the market...But the long-term effects of this on society are toxic; we give up control of ourselves.
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5 month ago
adamrg : Border Patrol "spot checks" on ferries provoke outrage in San Juan Islands - If you like your *intra-state* travel to be hijacked by the US Border Patrol, move to Washington State! Thanks McBush!
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Linkorama : California Court Wipes Wikileaks.org Out of Existence - One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Wikileaks has upset the Chinese government enough that they are attempting to censor it, as is the Thai military junta. Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by
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gleuschk : Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate Calculator - three cheers for moron bullshit politicians and an electorate that can be bought for less than the price of a new microwave!
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7 month ago
nelson : US Customs steals laptops - They're looking for child porn, mostly. But why, on the theory that the Internet doesn't exist?
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8 month ago
nelson : 473 days rectified - White House destroyed over a year's worth of email
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8 month ago
Linkorama : Photos from The Library of Congress - In Flickr!
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9 month ago
Linkorama : Hearing examines 'e-government' glitches - Lieberman also praised Wikipedia's quick, collaborative nature -- something not easily found on Capitol Hill. "We could use some of that," he said. "But we don't legislate wiki-ly."
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9 month ago
deusx : Insults fly at Detroit council meeting - Detroit local government has always seemed like a Jr High School lunch room to me.
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10 month ago
plasticbag : The UK Government has lost records pertaining to 25 million British people as a consequence of sending a few bits of physical media through the post... - A reminder—if ever there was needed one—that government is neither consistent enough in the long-term nor competent enough in the short to be entrusted with ever more information about its citizenry.
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11 month ago
nelson : FEMA fakes news - Poses its own employees as reporters on a press call
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11 month ago
jcgregorio : Government is Good - An Unapologetic Defense of a Vital Institution
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11 month ago
jcgregorio : public.resource.org - open source access to government documents
factoryjoe : public.resource.org - A source of government data! (Or something!) Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: government, data
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11 month ago
nelson : 75% of bombs can board the plane - Meanwhile, we're not allowed a bottle of water
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11 month ago
nelson : NSA spied before 9/11 - Their illegal spying on US citizens is opportunism, not response to terrorism
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11 month ago
deusx : New Michigan Tax On Services Impacts Many Businesses and Consumers at a r b o r l a w - "The creative and intellectual property service industries in Michigan (software developers, graphic designers, technical artists and writers, dance and music teachers) may be particularly hit hard."
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