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Erin Hamson

About Open Government | The White House - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/about

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    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 17 Sep 10
       
      This is a good beginning to openness. But it still seems a little vague.
  • The Administration is reducing the influence of special interests by writing new ethics rules that prevent lobbyists from coming to work in government or sitting on its advisory boards. The Administration is tracking how government uses the money with which the people have entrusted it with easy-to-understand websites like recovery.gov, USASpending.gov, and IT.usaspending.gov. The Administration is empowering the public – through greater openness and new technologies – to influence the decisions that affect their lives.
Erin Hamson

Fighting Against Special Interests and For the Public Interest: A Year of Change | The ... - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/...-public-interest-a-year-change

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    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 17 Sep 10
       
      Why is this my first time hearing about this? How many millions more don't know?
  •  To do just that, on his first full day in office, the President signed two critical documents that have shaped the Administration: the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government and the Executive Order on Ethics. As a result of the Memorandum on Transparency, we have since Day One, worked to empower the public – through greater openness and new technologies – to influence the decisions that affect their lives.
James Wilcox

[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Treatment of Alan Turing was "appalling" - PM | Number10.gov.uk - 0 views

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alan digiciv

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  • James Wilcox on 07 Nov 10
     
    Alan Turing made both changes in technology and mathematics along with changes in societal norms.  In this article it talks a little of his influence on the gender issue.
Gideon Burton

Digital Government report - May 2012 - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/...igital-government-strategy.pdf

whitehouse gov open government open data

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  • Gideon Burton on 23 May 12
     
    The government's plan (as of May 2012) for government-as-platform via digital tools. 
Erin Hamson

Modern History Sourcebook: Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations, 1776 (Epitome) - 0 views

www.fordham.edu/...adamsmith-summary.html

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    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      The process of specialization was later perfected by Henry Ford, in making cheap, durable cars.
  • This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labor, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labor, and enable one man to do the work of many....
  • Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only. He will be more likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favor, and show them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he requires of them. Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater art of those good offices which we stand in need of. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      This is the basis of the Market Economy or Capitalism, exchange based in self-interest that benefits all.
  • ...38 more annotations...
  • In order to avoid the inconvenience of such situations, every prudent man in every period of society, after the first establishment of the division of labor, must naturally have endeavored to manage his affairs in such a manner as to have at all times by him, besides the peculiar produce of his own industry, a certain quantity of some one commodity or other, such as he imagined few people would be likely to refuse in exchange for their produce....It is in this manner that money has become in all civilized nations the universal instrument of commerce, by the intervention of which goods of all kinds are bought and sold, or exchanged for one another....
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      The role/development of money. The problem with money is that it has to be regulated and who regulates it? If we let the governement regulate it, it might become manipulated...
  • The value of any commodity,
  • is equal to the quantity of labor which it enables him to purchase or command
  • Labor, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities....
  • The real price of everything
  • is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      Note the difference between the value and the price. The price changes most significantly in relation to how much the consumer wants the product, as opposed to how much time it took the maker to make it.
  • which resolves itself into labor
  • resolves itself into rent
  • resolves itself into profit
  • ordinary or average rate both of wages and profit
  • partly by the general circumstances of the society,
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      A man cannot charge above that which can be paid him or he will lose business.
  • partly by the particular nature of each employment
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      Some labor is simply worth more
  • ordinary or average rate of rent
  • partly by the general circumstances of the society or neighborhood in which the land is situated,
  • partly by the natural or improved fertility of the land
  • When the price of any commodity is neither more nor less than what is sufficient to pay the rent of the land, the wages of the labor, and the profits of the stock employed in raising, preparing, and bringing it to market, according to their natural rates, the commodity is then sold for what may be called its natural price.
  • The actual price at which any commodity is commonly sold is called its market price
  • he market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity, or the whole value of the rent, labor, and profit, which must be paid in order to bring it thither.
  • A competition will immediately begin among them, and the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      The results of scarcity *footballs*
  • quantity brought to market exceeds the effectual demand
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      Surplus
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      ,effect of
  • A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      See above
  • When by an increase in the effectual demand, the market price of some particular commodity happens to rise a good deal above the natural price, those who employ their stocks in supplying that market are generally careful to conceal this change
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      A monopoly
  • The exclusive privileges of corporations, statutes of apprenticeship, and all those laws which restrain, in particular employments, the competition to a smaller number than might otherwise go into them, have the same tendency, though in a less degree. They are a sort of enlarged monopolies,
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      See above
  • THE produce of labor constitutes the natural recompense or wages of labor.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      You get what you make
  • Such combinations, however, are frequently resisted by a contrary defensive combination of the workmen; who sometimes too, without any provocation of this kind, combine of their own accord to raise the price of their labor.....
  • Masters, too, sometimes enter into particular combinations to sink the wages of labor even below this rate
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      Two combinations to react to one another. Like the checks and balances found in gov.
  • The demand for those who live by wages, therefore, necessarily increases with the increase of the revenue and stock of every country, and cannot possibly increase without it. The increase of revenue and stock is the increase of national wealth....
  • It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      equality in the pursuit of happiness
  • First, by restraining the competition in some employments to a smaller number than would otherwise be disposed to enter into them; Second, by increasing it in others beyond what it naturally would be; and, Third, by obstructing the free circulation of labor and stock, both from employment to employment and from place to place.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      Problems of Mercantilism
  • First,
  • by restraining the competition in some employments to a smaller number than might otherwise be disposed to enter into them
  • and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbor is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
  • An exclusive corporation necessarily weakens the force of this discipline.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      the gov is not needed for regulation
  • Second,
  • by increasing the competition in some employments beyond what it naturally would be
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 28 Sep 10
       
      pursuit of happiness
  • by obstructing the free circulation of labor and stock both from employment to employment, and from place to place,
  • Third,
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Thanks for the annotations and the comments.
Kevin Watson

Open Government - 2 views

radar.oreilly.com/...ospects-for-an-open-gover.html

gov2.0 digiciv open government

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  • Kevin Watson on 16 Sep 10
     
    Great article on the Gov 2.0 conference, and how open government can be furthered by our use of the internet and technology we have today.
Bri Zabriskie

Browse Challenges : Challenge.gov : The central platform for crowdsourcing US Governmen... - 0 views

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open government

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  • Bri Zabriskie on 17 Sep 10
     
    This seems like an interesting step towards open government, if gentle. I read about the site on someone's blog and decided to check it out. It purports to present problems to the public for them to solve hand in hand with the government. 
Erin Hamson

Compulsory Voting - 0 views

aec.gov.au/...Compulsory_Voting.htm

open open movement government

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  • "will of the electorate"
  • Governments must consider the total electorate
  • Candidates can concentrate their campaigning energies on issues rather than encouraging voters to attend the poll
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  • Voting is a civic duty
  • benefits of political participatio
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10
       
      In the old sense liberty is the ability to participate in government, why would you turn this down?
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10
       
      Through forcing people to the polls you encourage them to think about what they are doing, and they don't have to vote for anyone
  • Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10
     
    This is website a friend posted to my blog, that relates to my post on open government and compulsory voting.
Kristi Koerner

Open Government Initiative | The White House - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/open

open government

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  • Kristi Koerner on 16 Sep 10
     
    Does Obama really want open government? Or does he simply want us to feel that he does? If he were truly advocating open government, he would potentially lose a lot of power. Does he want respect and love to further his own aims?
Mike Lemon

Calls for longer school years face budget reality - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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      Mike Lemon on 28 Sep 10
       
      Is lengthening the school day or year the answer?
  • Education reformers have long called for U.S. kids to log more time in the classroom so they can catch up with their peers elsewhere in the world, but resistance from leisure-loving teenagers isn't the only reason there is no mass movement to keep schoolchildren in their seats. Such a change could cost cash-strapped state governments and local school districts billions of dollars, strip teachers of a time-honored perk of their profession, and irk officials in states that already bridle at federal intrusion into their traditional control over education.
  • Texas already forbids school from starting before the fourth Monday of August, a provision designed to save money on utility bills and increase business for tourist destinations and other summer attractions. "Ultimately the states, not the federal government, should have the final word on this and other public school decisions," said Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry. In Kansas, sporadic efforts by local districts to extend the school year at even a few schools have been met by parental resistance, said state education commissioner Diane DeBacker.
Shuan Pai

The Mill Girls - 0 views

www.nps.gov/...mill%20girls.pdf

the mill girls textile history

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  • Shuan Pai on 04 Oct 10
     
    Describes the 'Mill Girls' and gives a concise description of their history
David Potter

Images of the American Revolution - 2 views

www.archives.gov/...revolution-images

government

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  • David Potter on 29 Sep 10
     
    This contains an article by the National Archive on the history of the American Revolution, followed by several images from the National Archive about the American Revolution.
Trevor Cox

Good Design Ideas from Works Progress Posters - 0 views

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digiciv government media blog

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  • Trevor Cox on 11 Oct 10
     
    If you're looking for ideas on your create lab here are some good examples of posters to give you inspiration for photo and text manipulation. Check out my blog for an example.
Danny Patterson

Highly confidential report sent to government regarding nuclear waste leaking at the Ha... - 0 views

archive.gao.gov/144831.pdf

Nuclear Waste Hanford

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  • Danny Patterson on 11 Nov 10
     
    This is an extremely interesting report sent to the government in August of 1991 titled: NUCLEAR WASTE Hanford Single-Shell Tank Leaks Greater Than Estimated. I love the note at the bottom: "RESTRICTED--- Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional Relations" Enjoy!
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