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Re: By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way
Posted by: Vivian Wagner 2008-11-20 07:21:17

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Everything's going open source nowadays. Why not government? That's precisely the question that some analysts and consultants are asking, along with citizens themselves. President-Elect Barack Obama has begun to implement a bit of open source thinking with his Presidential Transition Project Web site, which allows citizens to send in comments, ideas and suggestions for public policy, as well as apply for jobs within the Obama administration. And others in and around government are likely to follow his lead in enacting what might be called "Legislation 2.0."

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Posted by: skender 2008-11-20 07:52:27 In reply to: Vivian Wagner

Ginny is out of the bottle.Whith the World Net Conection.the goverments have only one way to deal 'TRANSPERENCY