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Getting Geeky With It: LIVE From the Gov 2.0 Summit

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogtalkradio, Mark Drapeau, Summer, Government 2.0, Obama Education Speech, Gov 2.0 Summit, President Obama, National Defense University, Freedom of Information, Obama Health Care Reform, Dio, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Dr. Mark Drapeau encourages a DIO approach, or "Do It Ourselves," taking data provided by the government and using it to solve our problems.

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Obama's Schooling the Bank on Transparency

Chad Dobson | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Disclosure, Ifi, Open Government, Multilateral Development Banks, World Bank, Bretton Woods System, Business News, Imf, Freedom of Information, Obama Transparency, Business News
Chad Dobson

Over the past five months, President Obama has made great strides in improving transparency within the USG. Mr. Zoellick and his team of experts over at the World Bank could stand to learn a thing or two from the U.S. Government.

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A Victory for Democracy and Open Government

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Information Act, Foia, Freedom of Information, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

Thursday night we learned that a provision banning the release of prisoner abuse photos was dropped from the supplemental war spending bill.

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How Huff Post Readers Can Help Cuban Bloggers

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Cuba, Freedom of Information, Bloggers, Blogosphere, Wordpress, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Suggestions for how you can help the alternative blogosphere in Cuba and organize without intermediaries.

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Civil Society to the World Bank: Adopt Transparency 2.0

Chad Dobson | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Structural Adjustment Loans, Multilateral Development Banks, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Disclosure, Bretton Woods System, World Bank, Imf, Civil Society, Accountability, World News
Chad Dobson

Various civil society groups reiterated the need for disclosure of deliberative World Bank documents, especially those relating to the Development Policy Loans.

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Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank

Chad Dobson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: G20 Summit, Economy, Multilateral Development Banks, g20-London, World Bank, Imf, Market Meltdown, Structural Adjustment Loans, Gordon Brown, Egypt, Bretton Woods System, Financial Crisis, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Business News
Chad Dobson

An improved disclosure policy requires a shift in thinking and a new business approach from the World Bank.

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The "Stimulus" Is Stimulating My Upchuck Reflex

Deane Waldman | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare System, Stimulus, Healthcare, Secret Deals, Freedom of Information, Medical Costs, Politics News
Deane Waldman

The so-called "Stimulus Bill" contains language creating a federal health information system to be used to track whether doctors are being cost effective in their care of patients. No joke.

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