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Recovery.gov: the First Step Toward Smart Regulation?

W. David Stephenson | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: E-Government, Gov 2.0, Sec, Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Regulation, Economic Crisis, Regulation, Financial Crisis, recovery.gov, E-Gov, Recession, Business News
W. David Stephenson

If it becomes the core of an ambitious "smart regulation" switch, recovery.gov could cut corporate costs, improve governmental efficiency, and drastically increase transparency.

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Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Kazakhstan, E-Government, Bulgaria, Unesco, Ecuador, World Bank, East Africa, New Media, Vietnam, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Herzog

At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?

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Next President Has "Open" Opportunity

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foia, E-Government, Electorate, Information, Open Government, President, Election, Internet, Censorship, Net Neutrality, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The issue of a government-led artificial restriction on access to information has more or less flown under the radar screen but it won't remain that way; it can't.

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Bloggers Lead Media to Report McCain/Palin's Campaign "Lies"

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, E-Government, Myspace, Bloggers, Politics, Blog Journalism, Twitter, Political Process, Digital Democracy, Presidential Election 2008, Facebook, 2008 Election, Local Power, Ralph J. Shapira, GW Bush, Political Social Networking, Social Networking, Alan W. Silberberg, Participatory Politics, You2gov, Media News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

While traditional media have disparaged blogs as being unreliable, that chaotic, unmediated world known as "the blogosphere" has led the way in ferreting truth from falsehood.

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Automated Data Feeds Make Smart Regulation Possible Now

W. David Stephenson | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Wall Street, Weak Economy, Economy, Banking, U. S. Economy, Regulation, Federal Reserve, Government Bailout, Financial Crisis, RSS Feed, Wall Street Crisis, XML Tags, Techonological Regulation, Patent Technology, E-Government, Obama, E-Gov, Kml, Business News
W. David Stephenson

What we need isn't more regulation of banking and business in general, but "smart" regulation.

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The Power of Small Features Over E-Gov

David Weinberger | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: E-Democracy, E-Government, Social Networks, E-Gov, Barack Obama, Living News
David Weinberger

Inevitably, one day in early 2011, the media will discover that PolarKing111 is a 15 year-old girl.

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