Thanks, Lorelei, for that reference! I think it is critical for the survival of democracy to leverage Innovations in Information Technology to empower citizens (though, paradoxically, not of the "United" kind though! :D)
Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes <[email protected]> +1 (817) 271-9619 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Lorelei Kelly <[email protected]>wrote: > hi everyone! Here's a new report from New America that might pique your > interest -- one of the reasons Congress keeps writing such bad laws (CFAA > this week) is because the civic technologists and open source technical > experts are not present or obvious on the support bench, and not in the > formative stages of information gathering. > > > http://newamerica.net/pressroom/2013/new_report_potential_solutions_for_congress_information_crisis > > -- > *Lorelei Kelly <http://newamerica.net/user/452>* > * > * > * > * > *check out our > SmartCongress<https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/submission/smartcongress.org/>pitch! > * > *read about Congress' Wicked > Problem<http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/congress_wicked_problem> > * > look at these cool maps about guns and > power<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/how-groups-like-the-nra-captured-congressand-how-to-take-it-back/273623/>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 [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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