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Slaughter Joins Legislation To Overturn Citizens United And Limit Contributions To Super PACs

Press Release | Congresswoman Louise Slaughter | March 26, 2013

Today, Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI12) announced the introduction of H.R. 1338, the Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy Act, legislation to set contribution limits on donations to Super PACs and establish findings that would allow for the overturning of the flawed Citizens United v. FEC decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-25) joined Dingell as a co-sponsor of this important legislation. Read More »

Social Change And New Media In Africa

Cathal Gilbert | International Business Times | November 2, 2012

Cathal Gilbert looks at technologies being used by activists and discovers that many of most innovative ideas have come out of Africa. Read More »

Stallman: How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?

Richard Stallman | Wired | October 14, 2013

The current level of general surveillance in society is incompatible with human rights. To recover our freedom and restore democracy, we must reduce surveillance to the point where it is possible for whistleblowers of all kinds to talk with journalists without being spotted. To do this reliably, we must reduce the surveillance capacity of the systems we use. Read More »

Stanford Conference To Explore Right To Information And Technology

Sadaf H. Minapara | CDDRL | March 4, 2013

A global movement has been underway to use innovative technology platforms to record, store, process, and disseminate public information to advance transparency and accountability... Read More »

Strengthening Democracy In South Africa

Loren Treisman | Indigo Trust | May 16, 2013

Across the globe, access to critical laws, parliamentary information and locally relevant news and an informed and engaged citizenry contribute towards a thriving democracy. South Africa is no different.  I came across a number of organisations which are contributing towards this process in very different ways. Read More »

Tech Surge To Fix Healthcare Needed To Fix Our Broken Election Systems

Christine Pelosi | Huffington Post | October 21, 2013

As millions of Americans sign up for lifesaving healthcare, it is right that President Barack Obama ordered a "tech surge" to fix glitches in the healthcare.gov website. As the president said "we didn't fight this battle over as website" but as he knows, if the portal doesn't inspire confidence the policy can be attacked. [...] Read More »

Technology Could Empower Africans To Hold Their Governments To Account

Loren Treisman | The Guardian | October 15, 2013

Mobile phones are almost ubiquitous across Africa but can citizens use this technology to better participate in democracy? Next year, South African citizens will take part in their fifth democratic election. While the African National Congress will undoubtedly triumph, it can no longer rest on its laurels. Read More »

The Best Governance For Medicines ... Is In Thailand

Roy M. Poses | Health Care Renewal | May 23, 2013

Here in the US, a lot of people have been convinced that we have the best health care system in the world... Read More »

The Man Who Would Be King

Robert Pittenger | CNN.com | July 1, 2014

As President Barack Obama once again announced his intention to bypass Congress and govern through executive order -- this time with Monday's announcement on immigration -- history will ask, is he being presidential or imperial?...

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The Public Intelligence Project: Creating A Culture Of Democracy

Michael J. Oghia | Ushahidi | October 15, 2013

Freedom of expression is a fundamental civil liberty imperative to democracy. However, in societies throughout the world, it is at risk, and George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty Four is increasingly becoming more of a prediction of the future instead of far–fetched, fictional hyperbole... Read More »

U.S.-India Joint Commission Touts Open Government Platform

Andrew Lapin | Nextgov | June 12, 2012

Government representatives from the United States and India had high praise for the two countries’ Open Government Platform partnership at Monday’s second joint commission meeting on science and technology cooperation between the nations.

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Unleashing Innovation & Deepening Democracy Through Prizes

Jean Case | The White House Blog | June 12, 2012

Prizes have a long history of driving important breakthroughs...It is with that powerful history in mind that today, in Washington, hundreds of leaders from the White House and Federal agencies joined their peers from some of the Nation's most recognizable companies and organizations to develop strategies to use prizes and competitions as a key method to spark innovation and deepen citizen engagement. Read More »

Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing The World One Map At A Time

Beth Kanter | Beth's Blog | February 28, 2013

Recognizing remarkable creativity and effectiveness by non-profits across the globe, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Read More »

Web Inventor Berners-Lee Warns Forces Are 'Trying To Take Control'

James Hurley | The Telegraph | June 8, 2013

Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet” are undermining the founding principles of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned. Read More »

What Does ‘Open Knowledge’ Have To Do With ‘Open Development’?

Linda Raftree | lindaraftree.com | June 29, 2012

The Open Knowledge Festival (OKFest) happens this September 17-22 in Helsinki, Finland with the theme Open Knowledge in Action. OKFest will explore the benefits of opening up knowledge and information, look at the ecosystems of organisations that can benefit from openness, and discuss the impact that more transparency can have in our societies. Read More »