Government

I didn’t know it was possible to candidate-stuff a ballot.

June 11, 2010

Greene, an unemployed 32-year-old who lives with his parents in Manning, was hardly visible on the campaign trail, even ignoring a stump rally in his hometown. Still, he trounced Rawl, a former judge and state lawmaker who serves on Charleston County Council. Greene spent no money campaigning and did not have a website, but improbably [...]

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Anti-healthcare reform libertarian lives off of government disability checks.

March 26, 2010

Vanderboegh said he once worked as a warehouse manager but now lives on government disability checks. He said he receives $1,300 a month because of his congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertension. He has private health insurance through his wife, who works for a company that sells forklift products. Man oh man, there is nothing [...]

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C-Span Puts Its Full Archives on the Web

March 16, 2010

C-Span executives said they hoped that its search filters would be up to the task. Mr. Lamb said, “You can see if politicians are saying one thing today, and 15 years ago were saying another thing.” Ahh, the Sonny Bono years… via C-Span Puts Its Full Archives on the Web – NYTimes.com.

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The Department of Defense now has an official policy on new/social media

February 26, 2010

DTM 09 026 View more documents from Department of Defense. The Department of Defense released it’s official policy on new/social media today.  The policy (Directive-Type Memorandum 09-026 – hyperlink), which is effective immediately, states that the default for the DoD non-classified network (the NIPRNET) is for open access so that all of DoD can use new [...]

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Open Government Directive

February 9, 2010

This Open Government Directive establishes deadlines for action.  But because of the presumption of openness that the President has endorsed, agencies are encouraged to advance their open government initiatives well ahead of those deadlines.  In addition to the steps delineated in this memorandum, Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this year issued new guidelines1 for agencies [...]

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Four Steps to Gov 2.0: A Guide for Agencies

February 9, 2010

For the first time in history, we’re really at a point where this is technologically feasible. Even if you have no specific tie to government, Gov 2.0 envisions a world in which — just by having experience and interests — ordinary members of the public willingly contribute to the knowledge, facts and policies that comprise [...]

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