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	<title><![CDATA[Getting real results from public/private partnerships (or, "Does Barack need a posse?")]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-newmark/getting-real-results-from_b_217437.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>New social networking tech can be used to solve down-to-earth human needs, by enlisting millions of Americans in service to the country. This involves a new kind of person-to-person public/private partnership which need not be very formal, but might involve challenges to the existing legal and regulatory environment.</p><p>The largest challenge would be that people in power would need to <strong>visibly listen</strong> to network-amplified voice of the American people, and then to <strong>visibly act</strong> on that. That's required for <strong>large-scale buy-in...</strong></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-18T12:42:00-04:00</date_published>
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