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New D.C. CTO scraps ‘Apps for Democracy’ (Hillicon Valley) Bryan Sivak, the District’s top technology official, is scrapping “Apps for Democracy,” his predecessor’s contest that challenges software...
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Military Taps Social Networking Skills (New York Times) Young Air Force analysts are showing how the Facebook generation’s skills can be used to save lives in America’s wars. Government 2.0 Movement...
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A New Tool for Advocacy Communications – BrightText (Beekeeper Group) BrightText makes a standard advocacy letter easy for activists to customize, transforming a single form letter into numerous unique...
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The Tech-Politics Divide (The Boston Globe) A discussion of what can be done to bridge the civic divide between government and tech. Orientation Week (Tech President) The 112th Congress could be the...
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Is the Open Data Movement Giving Story Telling Short Shrift? (Tech President) Discussing the movements to free data from the public section that are popping up all over the world. Read the 5 Most...
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In Washington, Revival of the Technology Scene (The New York Times) Leading Washington’s second technology incarnation since AOL and Network Solutions chose the area in the 1990s are companies such as...
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Cross-posted from Adfero We’re living in a mobile age. You can’t walk down the street without bumping into someone on their smart phone. And now with the stunningly fast growth in sales for iPads,...
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Cross-posted from the Congressional Management Foundation blog In 1998, the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) embarked on a ground-breaking research project: to study best practices in...
View ArticleHow to Get Results from Your Virtual Town Hall
Cross-posted from the Congressional Management Foundation blog One of the fastest growing and potentially empowering technologies for engaging citizens, interacting with elected officials, and building...
View ArticlePolitical Campaigns Now Able to Receive Donations via Text Message
Earlier this week, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) made it legal for voters to donate to political campaigns via text message. According to ClickZ’s Kate Kaye, “Allowing text donations to...
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