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This article shows that people's perceptions of government and their websites changed little during the past year. ForeSee Results, the Michigan-based company that did the supporting research, emphasizes the importance in individuals' satisfaction with government transparency. A table in the article shows a correlation between a person's satisfaction with an agency's transparency and their trust in that agency. I found this article interesting as this is any area with many ethical and moral issues.

Looks at a piece of legislation being debated right now that is intended to address piracy. "The bill would give the government legal tools to blacklist a "rogue" website from the Internet's Domain Name System, ban credit card companies from processing US payments to the site, and forbid US-based online ad networks from working with the site. It even directs the government to keep a list of suspect sites, even though no evidence has been presented against them in court."

Australian government attempt to implement online voting

Anyone interested in net neutrality or the governments role in online regulation of service providers

This will be interesting to include in my second paper.

This article from March 28, 2011 Wall Street Journal leads off that more than half of Americans 12 and over have Facebook accounts. It discusses privacy laws that the government is proposing and would people actually take advantage of them.