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Why does the BlackBerry rule Washington when the United States loves the iPhone?

By Alexander Howard : 21 June 2010 - 10:45 AM
Nielsen data shows that 23% of mobile consumers in the United States now have a smartphone. comScore February market share data indicated tht smartphone penetration is now 19% in the U.S., with 45 mil...
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How government new media directors can use social media for online engagement

By Alexander Howard : 24 May 2010 - 12:48 PM
"When I think of a government website, I think of it as a home base," said Cammie Croft, former deputy new media director at the White House and current new media director at the Department ...
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Need help: Create Net Discussion on creating New Legal Code

Asked by David Moon-Wainwright : 27 April 2010 - 09:48 AM

Answered by LaurelRuma : May 14 2010 01:44 PM
Hi David, This is certainly an interesting idea. I'm assuming you are talking about laws written in Congress? A few people in the transparency community have been brainstorming about doing someth... full answer >
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Disrupting Washington’s Golden Rule

By LaurelRuma : 09 April 2010 - 02:14 PM
In this chapter from Open Government, Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation discusses a modern-day reading of The Golden Rule. Washington’s golden rule is different from the one we all l...
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How can I organize my town or city to submit an RFI for Google Fiber for Communities?

By tmo9d : 26 February 2010 - 09:14 PM
First, you'll have to act very quickly. The deadline for submitting a Google Fiber for Communities response is 5:00 PM PT on March 26th. If you haven't already started the effort, you'v...
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How can I best interact with the Government on the web?

Asked by jonjohns65 : 11 December 2009 - 10:13 AM

Answered by LaurelRuma : Dec 14 2009 06:35 PM
It's an exciting time to be interested in government--and you don't have to be political about it--most citizens just want a better government! I suggest narrowing your interest to a spe... full answer >
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Health Information Technology Extension Program

Asked by Brian Ahier : 17 November 2009 - 06:35 PM

Answered by Anthony_Guerra : Nov 18 2009 07:52 AM
Brian, here is some info from the FAQ section of the ONC web site. I hope this helps. B5. How can Regional Centers generate program income to satisfy cost sharing requirements? It is expected that ... full answer >
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How to recognize fundamental dilemmas underlying efforts to make government more open

By andyo : 06 November 2009 - 07:53 PM
Bringing more public participation into government activities is hard to do on many levels. Certainly, advocates run into local financial, legal, procedural, and cultural barriers, sometimes even when...
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Where can I find public data available for download?

By juliesteele : 02 October 2009 - 09:32 AM
In Toby Segaran's work on Freebase, he's looked at hundreds of data sets that were interesting on their own, but even more interesting as augmentation and context for other data sets. These co...
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Summarizing Recovery.gov Grant Data with a CouchDB View

By tmo9d : 01 October 2009 - 06:56 AM
The Grant XML file from Recovery.gov contains information about approximately 61,000 federal grants that comprise the Recovery Act of 2009. If you want to do this yourself on your own instance of ...
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