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Open Data Executive Order Shows Path Forward

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Read More: Opengov, White House, Data Policy, Open Data, Sunlight Foundation, Open Government Directive, Disclosure, Open Government, Barack Obama, John Wonderlich, Politics News
The Sunlight Foundation

By requiring agencies to publicly list all their data that could be made public, the president is not just reaffirming that decisions about disclosure should be based on the public interest, he's also giving the public (and Congress) tools to enforce them.

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Off the SOPA Box and Into the Town Square

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Pipa, House of Representatives, Opengov, Representative Government, Democracy, Congress, Public Interest, Ota, Privacy, Techpresident, Secrecy, Transparency, Sopa, Common Good, Town Square, Technology, Senate, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

The Internet blackout was an innovation for sure, but it still belongs in the category of advocacy politics that I'll called "Surround and Punish." What is missing is something the military calls "situational awareness."

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Bringing It All Back Home: An Example of How Open Government Tools Can Affect Everyday People and Public Policy

Danielle Brian | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics
Read More: Opengov, New York Times, Hydrofracking, Project on Government Oversight, Fracking, Open Government, Politics News
Danielle Brian

Access to information is what allows us to ensure the government is doing its job protecting public health and safety -- from our drinking water to our investments.

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So, What is Gov 2.0?

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Online Government, Government, Democracy, gov20, Gov 2.0, Politics, Bill Grundfest, Social Media, Andrea Baker, Opengov, Citizen 2.0, Alan W. Silberberg, Adriel Hampton, Government 2.0, Andrea Dimaio, Egov, Martin Bosworth, gov20la, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg

People across the country are working to bring massive societal change to how we interact with our government.

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Troll Patrol - 5 Things You Can Do

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Safety, Trolling, Personal Protection, Blogs, Twitter, Bing, Extortion, Brand Management, Common Sense, Facebook, Cyber Crimes, Internet, Social Media, Linkedin, Snopes, Espionage, Trolls, Google, Egov, gov30, Troll, gov20, Ogov, Opengov, Gov 2.0, Gov 3.0, gov20la, Bill Grundfest, Alan W. Silberberg, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg

Trolling is a growing problem online and especially in social media spaces. It clogs up our email boxes, confuses the follower/following counts and throws monkey wrenches into people actively building engaged online communities. I have created my own types based on behavior I have seen.

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Video, People, Language Capture The Energy of Gov 2.0 LA

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Video, Gov 2.0, Personal Democracy Forum, Politics, Christina Gagnier, Blogs, You2gov, gov20, Advocacy, Rock Creek SM, gov20la, Alan W. Silberberg, Content, Craig Newmark, Bill Grundfest, Los Angeles, California, Futuregov, Govfresh, Waveling, Opengov, Cory Ondrejka, Gov 2.0 LA, Alan Webber, Alex Howard, Wordpress, Flickr, Tv, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

One of the key themes in this past weekend's event was "Video is the New Text." Another is that the jargon and language used in Government 2.0 is holding us back.

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