I believe Zoe Loffgrin (sp) has been pretty good on these sorts of issues lately as well.
Wayne On 3/20/2013 12:23, xek3149 wrote: > > Darrell Issa, Ron Wyden > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org <http://www.asciiribbon.org> - against > proprietary attachments > On Mar 20, 2013 2:14 PM, "Brian Conley" <bri...@smallworldnews.tv > <mailto:bri...@smallworldnews.tv>> wrote: > > > > Hi Lorelei, > > > > You might be surprised to hear this, I certainly was. Apparently > Representative Darrell Issa has been pushing a bunch of opensource > development around WordPress and potentially other OpenGov applications. > > > > Brian > > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Lorelei Kelly > <loreleike...@gmail.com <mailto:loreleike...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> hi all, > >> > >> Here at OTI, I'm spearheading an effort to find and cultivate 5-10 > Members of the House and Senate so that they will be > >> champions of open technology and other related policy issues. We'd > like to make them authoritative and confident to stand up for our > priorities by providing them with subject matter expertise and > technical knowledge--the idea is to create some key nodes on Capitol > Hill that will educate the institution over time. > >> > >> Its not a lobbying effort, but a long term policy education effort. > >> > >> Question: as a foreign policy wonk until recently, I'm not familiar > with the scorecards or vote rating guides that might be available on > open technology, Internet freedom, privacy, etc. Is anyone doing this? > >> > >> Also, does anybody have any recommendations for our list? The > individuals don't have to be techies, though that is a bonus. We'd > love to support members who are wonks and thoughtful systems thinkers > and reformers in either party. > >> > >> LK > >> > >> -- > >> Lorelei Kelly > >> > >> > >> check out our SmartCongress pitch! > >> read about Congress' Wicked Problem > >> look at these cool maps about guns and power in the Atlantic > >> > >> Open Technology Institute > >> New America Foundation > >> > >> Tweeting @loreleikelly > >> > >> cell: 202-487-7728 > >> > >> -- > >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password > by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu > <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu> or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Brian Conley > > > > Director, Small World News > > > > http://smallworldnews.tv > > > > m: 646.285.2046 > > > > Skype: brianjoelconley > > > > > > > > -- > > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password > by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu > <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu> or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. William Pitt (1759-1806)
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