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Google Map "Pork in the Commerce Justice State Bill" - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Viselli on 26 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Tracy Viselli on 26 Feb 09
     
    Google map of commerce justice state bill by location
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Recovery.gov - 0 views

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      Tracy Viselli on 25 Feb 09
       
      March 3rd it begins but May 3rd and May 15th look like the first two really important days to watch this site.

Tracking specific spending for "Recovery/Reinvestment Act" - 5 views

started by Mike Jamieson on 25 Feb 09 no follow-up yet
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Journalism.co.uk :: 'Democratic legitimation via the web is not enough', says Clay Shirky - 0 views

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  • There needs to be some mechanism by which executive or legislative branches can say we are taking this under advisement, but we are not taking dictation [from special interest groups]
    • Tracy Viselli
      Tracy Viselli on 23 Feb 09
       
      This is the crux I think--rather than taking it under advisement, can't there be a bridge between digg style and taking it under advisement? And what is the bridge or layer to add?
  • "All the rhetoric,  including - I'm embarrassed to say - some of mine, has assumed in the past that democratic legitimation is itself enough to regard aggregate public opinion as being clearly binding on the government," Shirky explains.
  • "I've changed my mind,"
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  • For example, during the Obama campaign, he watched the campaign for legalisation of the medicinal use of marijuana become a prioritised item on the Change.gov website.
  • this type of online phenomenon is a 'net positive' for democracy, it is not 'an absolute positive.' It doesn't necessarily mean these representational tools are a replacement for the vote,
  • Tracy Viselli on 23 Feb 09
     
    Clay Shirky on net positives and absolute positives? How do we get there and still give the it's due?
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Sunlight Foundation Insanely Useful Websites - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 22 Feb 09
     
    list and description of several data mashup sites you can use to track government and make government more transparent.
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Diigo Provides A New Communication Channel for Government Transparency and Policy | Ren... - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    Ideas about using Diigo for government transparency
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TransparencyCamp - Eventbrite - 0 views

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    eventbrite site for TransparencyCamp
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BarCamp / TransparencyCamp - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    Planning wiki for TransparencyCamp
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AB44.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    Nevada State Assemblyman David Bobzien bookmarks his legislation on Diigo.
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MixedInk - Free Collaborative Writing Tool - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    Nevada state assemblyman David Bobzien used MixedInk as a crowdsourcing tool to improve legislation on a solar energy incentives program. Good example of a state level transparency project.
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The White House - Blog Post - Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    What's really interesting is where what used to be the typical schedule information will go. Info about speeches and appearances where what used to dominate the site. Now it seems that information will appear as blog entries...?
  • Tracy Viselli on 21 Feb 09
     
    Yes, now that the public is more accustomed to the blogging format, updating the blog with speeches and appearances will make sense. They still need to have a static page that contains all speeches for instance.
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