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Making FOIA documents like booking tickets online
The Sunlight Foundation has the goods on a long-anticipated follow up to the landmark 1966 Freedom of Information Act to disclose government information and documents with certain privacy exemptions.
TED talks: The next age of government
David Cameron, the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party, talks about government ceding its power to the people through technology. It's a bit of a Pollyanna viewpoint delivered by a skilled politician to an eager tech-oriented audience. But the TED2010 conference in Long Beach, Calif., is designed to provoke conversation about innovative ideas in technology, science, business, the arts and global issues. And that it did. The comments about direct democracy generated by Cameron's remarks are pretty remarkable. Here's a sample:
EPA reaches out to locals
Got some ideas on land clean up, emergency response or hazardous waste management? The EPA wants to hear from you.
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