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Transparency, Participation, Collaboration
On my way home from work last Friday, I chanced upon a fascinating interview on C-SPAN radio on government transparency, access to public information, and citizen participation at the U.S. Federal...
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Breaking the Impasse: Public Participation in Budget Disputes
California’s recent budget debacle is not an isolated case. An opinion piece entitled "Budgets by the People, for the People" by Chris Elmendorf and Ethan J. Leib in The New York Times reports that...
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Bring in the Hooligans - Lessons in Coalition Building
A lesson in coalition building comes to us from Egypt via the New York Times. In an analysis of the build-up to the Egyptian Revolution, two NYT reporters show us how careful planning of events and...
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Quote of the Week: Thomas Friedman
"One wonders whether the Internet, blogging, Twitter, texting and microblogging ... have made participatory democracy and autocracy so participatory, and leaders so finely attuned to every nuance of...
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#3: It's About Dignity and Poverty, Not About Facebook
Our Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2011Originally published on February 8, 2011Frank Rich, op-ed columnist at the New York Times, made a very important point this week: Revolutions are not about...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.International Development Research CentreLocal Governance and ICTs in Africa"With governance high on...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.CIPE Global20 Empowered Women that You Should Be Following on Twitter“Men are from Mars, women are...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Huff Post TechTwitter Transparency Report Show Government Requests For User Data. Now It's Facebook's...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.MashableGmail Downgrades, Launches SMS Version for African Countries“While we’re used to seeing...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Water for PeopleThe Social Disruptors“The Social Disruptor podcast series, hosted by CEO Ned Breslin,...
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