Monday, August 30, 2010
Coordination Rules Adopted by #FEC Fail Again To Comply With Court Order and Are Contrary to Law. #cfr #elections
The Federal Election Commission has provided a huge loophole in which congressional candidates will be free to exercise complete control over spending by corporations, labor unions, and others on ads promoting such candidates or attacking their opponents, without this constituting illegal "coordinated" spending under the campaign finance laws.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Efforts to progress #whistleblower protection bill make headway.
Support the effort by expressing the need for this bill and signing onto the WPA sign-on letter.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Candidates Resort to Increasingly Drastic Measures in Fight for Open Debates. #elections #voting
Though some have achieved major successes in forcing inclusive debates this year, many third party and independent candidates for office are resorting to increasingly drastic measures in their fight to be included in forums and debates.
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How to Do a Citizens’ Assembly. #activism #gov20
Explaining the concept of a Citizens’ Assembly and defending it against unfounded criticism.
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Five Participation-Related Topic Proposals at #SXSW ‘11. #activism
Like last year, the vast majority of session proposals for SXSW ‘11 in the Open Government category seem to focus on transparency and open data. Here are five sessions that look interesting from a participation perspective.
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Voto Latino is hiring Field Organizers in AZ, TX, CO, FL, and CA. #voting #elections #latino
Voto Latino seeks to immediately hire several field organizers for its United We Win 2010 mid-term elections voter registration campaign. The organizer will be responsible for conducting non-partisan voter registration in Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Rio Grande Valley, Denver, and southern Florida.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
New #book: "Winner-Take-All Politics". #politics #usa #activism
Winner-Take-All Politics—part revelatory history, part political analysis, part intellectual journey— shows how a political system that traditionally has been responsive to the interests of the middle class has been hijacked by the superrich. In doing so, it not only changes how we think about American politics, but also points the way to rebuilding a democracy that serves the interests of the many rather than just those of the wealthy few.
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Is 23% enough to be an Arizona Congressman? Non-majority rules in August 25 primaries in AZ, FL & VT. #voting
The solution to these controversial primaries is simple. Instant run off voting (IRV) would never allow a candidate to win without a majority of the final round vote. IRV is a non-partisan way to ensure the most deserving candidate, one who achieves a majority will win without having to worry about any ‘spoilers’, split vote, or the number of candidates running.
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Pac-Man for president: Hack highlights e-voting flaws. #elections #voting
In a continuing effort to highlight the vulnerability of paperless touchscreen -- or direct recording electronic (DRE) -- voting systems, Alex Halderman of the University of Michigan and Ariel Feldman of Princeton University reprogrammed one such system, the Sequoia AVC Edge, to play Pac-Man. The researchers were able to load the software into the machine without breaking the tamperproof seals.
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I moved...how do I vote? #voting #elections
The Brennan Center's new guide, "Voting After You Move," intends to answer questions for our country's more mobile voters that hope to cast a ballot in their state's upcoming primary, or in the general midterm election in November.
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Facebook making inroads into campaigns. #activism #ngo #politics #facebook
With the announcement of Facebook Places this week and the hockey-stick growth curve the social network has seen over recent years, its abundantly clear that Facebook is not going anywhere.
And with new features rolling out periodically, putting your stake in the ground on Facebook is becoming more and more of a land grab about who can be 'the first' to put Facebook to work in innovative new ways for their personal brand, business, or political campaign.
We've put together a collection of articles from the past few days that will give you a rundown of how to make the best use of Facebook for your political campaign.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Report Urges the IRS to Improve Enforcement and Oversight of 527s. #cfr #fec
One out of every four 527 campaign reports reviewed in an audit had incomplete or missing contributor or recipient information.
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eCitizenship, Empowerment, and Rights
In many cases in daily life, your ability to effectively assert your rights as a citizen will be largely determined by your digital literacy, and more specifically, your use of digital literacy in the context of citizenship.
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Book: The Wisdom of Group Decisions: 100 Principles and Practical Tips for Collaboration
Each tip is a provocative meditation and the book as a whole is a complete toolkit.
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Obama awards 13 citizens for their good deeds. #activism
President Barack Obama recently recognized 13 people with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second highest honor that can be conferred on an American civilian.
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An End to Prison Gerrymandering. #elections #voting
Passed legislation bans prison-based gerrymandering - the cynical practice of counting prison inmates as "residents," to pad the size of legislative districts. The new law, which requires that prison inmates be counted at their homes, deserves to be emulated all across the country.
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NSF Grant: Developing Technologies for Public Engagement and Deliberation. #activism
We propose to investigate the design, implementation, deployment, and testing of innovative ways for citizens and government to communicate.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Sunlight Foundation: Statelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 3 http://bit.ly/aVTsUo #gov20
- The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 8/24/2010 http://bit.ly/aM5gmg #gov20
- Big business has money to burn this election season http://bit.ly/aQhdZK #reform
- Fight the corporate takeover of our elections http://bit.ly/9T3zFe #reform
- Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: DC cash fuels close primaries in Alaska, Arizona and Florida http://bit.ly/daFWLo #gov20
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 8/24/2010 http://bit.ly/dixA2T #gov20
- Want to get out of jury duty? Just say you support Public Citizen! http://bit.ly/dxpnm5 #reform
- BLM Manager Ethics Swung Below Par http://bit.ly/dw7efC #obama
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You Ask, Politicians Answer. Seriously! #civic #activism #elections
The way it works is simple: anyone can post a question (video or text), anyone can vote those up or down (one vote per question per IP address), anyone can embed a question, a race, a state, or the entire country via a fully functional widget, on any website they want.
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Question on NCDD Forum about online engagement. #activism #civic #gov20 #opengov
Matt Leighninger (Director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium), who’s working on a report on online engagement, just posted a question in the forum that he’d love your responses to.
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Public Participation: Ten Simple Ideas for Better Online/Offline Integration. #activism #civic #gov20 #opengov
How can we best meld/combine face-to-face engagement with online engagement?
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You're Invited: The National Conference on Citizenship. #activism
Washington D.C. September 17, 2010 at the Library of Congress.
The Conference is an annual event that focuses on the state of civic engagement in America. It brings together 400 civic leaders, educators, CEOs, and representatives from each of the three branches of government to address issues related to our nation’s civic health.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Statement of Commissioners Highlights Leniency of FEC Disclosure Rules. #cfr #disclosure #fec #elections
Earlier this week, the three Republican members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) released a statement of reasons explaining their votes in May to dismiss a case against a no longer active 501(c)(4) group, Freedom's Watch. The Washington Independent says that the material released "bodes particularly ill for the chances of any form of meaningful campaign finance disclosure from independent groups during the upcoming election cycle."
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NCDD 2010 San Francisco: The NorCal Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation, 10/29/10
This Natl. Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation NorCal gathering on October 29th will bring together dialogue and deliberation professionals and up-and-comers, public managers, students, and interested citizens from across Northern California.
The event will build on what the NCDD community learned in the past year and a half from our involvement in the White House's Open Government Initiative, and through efforts like the creation of the Core Principles for Public Engagement.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Chamber of Commerce, Other Groups Skirt Letter of Law in Reporting Political Ads. #cfr #elections
If the Chamber believed its ad contained express advocacy, it would be reporting the ad as an independent expenditure using Form 5, not as an electioneering communication using Form 9.
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Methodologies for the Civically Engaged. #activism
Some innovative methods fans and/or the civic-minded employ in order to engage in civics, politics, activism, charity, or active community.
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Is Obama Muslim? Are Americans getting dumber? #activism #politics #education
Beneath our national democracy runs a national dumb-ocracy, a vast community of folks who don't care all that much about civic engagement and other current affairs.
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Matt Gonzalez, Ron Paul to Appear Together at Anti-War Rally in San Francisco. #activism #wars #lp #greens
Other, undisclosed speakers are expected for a broad representation of the political spectrum for this issue.
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Republican Digital Shop Takes Foursquare-Style Social Games to Politics. #elections #activism
A set of tools for combining Facebook, social games, and Foursquare-style action-based incentives to driven online and offline activism.
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Flash mob protests Target. #activism #p2 #green
Activists protesting the Citizens United US Supreme Court decision used a creative tactic to get their message out at a Target store: a flash mob.
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Aggressive Progressive » We need a movement. #p2 #topprog #green #activism
“One Nation Working Together” March will take place in Washington, DC on October 2nd. OneNation is comprised of a broad coalition, including labor, faith, civil rights, women, environmental, economic justice, community, youth, immigrant and GLBT groups, as well as many others.
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Possibilities for Transformational Conferences. #gov20 #ogov
An 8-page primer on how to plan events for 50 or more people that are interactive and engaging.
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Organizing tips from the AIDemocracy Regional Coordinator Retreat. #activism #ngo
Friday, August 20, 2010
Anti-torture protest at Minneapolis courthouse. #torture
A photo, by Robert Schlauch, documents a recent protest against torture at the Minneapolis Courthouse. The protest coincided with the eighth anniversary of the torture memos.
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5 collaboration tools to enhance #productivity. #office #nonprofit
The top Web-based project management and collaboration tools that can help nonprofits and other organizations get stuff done.
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CityCampSF: October 16/17, 2010 in San Francisco, CA #gov20 #opengov #ogov
CityCampSF will be part of a greater string of global CityCamps. What is CityCamp? CityCamp is a barcamp focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations.
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Reclaiming Democracy: Changing the Way We Talk about Critical Issues
Subtitle “A Report of a Project to Engage Legislators in Dialogue and Suggestions for Moving Forward.”
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Deterring Fake Public Participation
Obama has returned to more open government policies, which have opened the door to more public engagement with it.
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Although the well educated and comfortable lead in online activism, new demographic patterns are emerging http://bit.ly/aq7x3Q #activism http://bit.ly/bwlOJ5
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Upcoming Glenn Beck rally in D.C. is expected to attract 300,000 conservative activists http://bit.ly/cbHsfh http://bit.ly/aK30tn
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
- The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 8/18/2010 http://bit.ly/aq5BbA #gov20
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 8/18/2010 http://bit.ly/ceEAuK #gov20
- Looking at Sustainability Through a Big-Picture Lens at Diversey http://bit.ly/9DZmVG #climate
- Sunlight Foundation: The dysfunctional way we view campaign contributions and corruption http://bit.ly/bOzspB #gov20
- BOEMRE Launches Hotline for Reporting Misconduct and Unethical Behavior http://bit.ly/chVDpn #obama
- Gray is the new Green http://bit.ly/bvjYGY #climate
- Fishermen Embrace Change in the Sinaloa, Mexico Shrimp Fishery: Part I http://bit.ly/a3vzja #climate
- The Common Cause That Started It All http://bit.ly/cAqYzJ #reform
- Our Continued Common Cause http://bit.ly/czmUMC #reform
- Sunlight Foundation: Statelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 2 http://bit.ly/dmDGJ4 #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: With Obama close by, Lee shakes the tree on Martha’s Vineyard http://bit.ly/bLHXtN #gov20
- Issa Proposes Financial Data Standards Bill http://bit.ly/dovcCK #obama
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
- Morning Bonfire: Agencies Curtail Oversight of Employees that Perform Intelligence Work http://bit.ly/9SaNfY #obama
- The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 8/17/2010 http://bit.ly/btonGp #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: New Openness Rules for Finance Reform http://bit.ly/bvwUnA #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: Big oil money at the state level mostly goes to influence the public, not the po... http://bit.ly/coaUz3 #gov20
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 8/17/2010 http://bit.ly/bB2QVV #gov20
- Climate Action Can't Rest: Q&A With Derek Walker http://bit.ly/bEQAW8 #climate
- How much water can your lawn save? Ask El Paso http://bit.ly/cAB01T #climate
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Gitmo detainee classifications remain detatched from identities http://bit.ly/cUBIYO #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Senator given $100K round of applause by musicians' group http://bit.ly/9Bwblc #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: What to say about DeLay? http://bit.ly/aGp9QN #gov20
- Filling Big Shoes at SunGard: A Green Technology Giant http://bit.ly/boAhKN #climate
- Think Links – Tues., Aug. 17, 2010 http://bit.ly/cmIBkb #reform
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Monday, August 16, 2010
- Stopping the oil is only the start http://bit.ly/dj6RoJ #reform
- Cross-Post: We Need Whistleblowers http://bit.ly/9klBUT #obama
- Sunlight Foundation: White House Announces Leading Practices Winners http://bit.ly/aWbkNJ #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: Money in State Judicial Elections http://bit.ly/dBnE2l #gov20
- Towns Introduces House Version of Bill to Counter SEC's FinReg FOIA Exemptions http://bit.ly/bDWra2 #obama
- EDF Climate Corps 2010: How One Environmental Fellow Spent His Summer http://bit.ly/aHIHBq #climate
- Sunlight Foundation: Less of a non-sequitur response on campaign finance http://bit.ly/b9opnx #gov20
- Think Links – Mon., Aug. 16, 2010 http://bit.ly/dw5Jfd #reform
- Sunlight Labs: Google Summer Of Code Adds New Goodies To Congress (Android App) http://bit.ly/dzlGcO #gov20
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
- The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 8/13/2010 http://bit.ly/daD86t #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: LIVE: Rep. Maxine Waters Defends Against Ethics Charges http://bit.ly/aG6bwu #gov20
- Minnesota Needs To Overhaul The Way We Fund Campaigns http://bit.ly/baDTSV #reform
- Morning Smoke: New MMS Director Says Agency Relied Too Much on Industry http://bit.ly/aFkzfI #obama
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: OMB struggles to track $800 billion IT spending by government http://bit.ly/9VDRFZ #gov20
- Instant Runoff: Key Tests and Elections in November 2010 http://tinyurl.com/26mvpaq #politics
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 8/13/2010 http://bit.ly/bpmoV5 #gov20
- Sunlight Labs: The National Data Catalog Is Hungry http://bit.ly/aswnFt #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Maloney fetes with Mets http://bit.ly/cdfR1V #gov20
- Money & Democracy Update: Fear and loathing in Wisconsin http://bit.ly/cUw4GP #reform
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Bauer, Obama's new ethics point man, had double standards on 527s http://bit.ly/9H339X #gov20
- New Podcast: On the Hunt for Savings at the Pentagon http://bit.ly/cZapcC #obama
- Texas Air Pollution: Yes, There’s Even an App for That! http://bit.ly/cqlu4T #climate
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
- Mother Jones takes a look at BP’s Deep Secrets http://bit.ly/cBcF6R #reform
- Think Links – Thurs., Aug. 12, 2010 http://bit.ly/aCT474 #reform
- Sunlight Foundation: City of Bell and the Case for Grassroots Transparency http://bit.ly/drZNjp #gov20
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 8/12/2010 http://bit.ly/9wGqTu #gov20
- Afternoon Smoke: New Tool for Tracking Energy Industry Influence on Congress http://bit.ly/9X643n #obama
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: NIH urged to create a single website showing grantees' funding http://bit.ly/bx43HO #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: Charlie Rangel just doesn’t give a damn http://bit.ly/bp4CCa #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: Blogher-ites question politicians http://bit.ly/aj99tH #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Bob Bennett still out at fundraisers, not making ships in... http://bit.ly/b35AN1 #gov20
- You and me, or Verizon and Google? http://bit.ly/ackl1L #reform
- Sunlight Labs: Sunlight Labs Community Survey http://bit.ly/9eOttm #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Google requests AdWords service be exempted from FEC rule http://bit.ly/bAjkV9 #gov20
- FACA Lift: House Passes Bill to Increase Accountability in the "Fifth Arm of Government" http://bit.ly/9AL269 #obama
- IG Finds Los Alamos Still Lagging in Safety Systems http://bit.ly/df1aKC #obama
- Sunlight Labs: I'm Kind of a Sucker for Transit Data http://bit.ly/bDl55o #gov20
- Sunlight Foundation: Citizens Not Increasing Scrutiny http://bit.ly/bVYB9X #gov20
- Are you kidding us? Corporate power is out of control http://bit.ly/c6LOoi #reform
- Weissman to O’Reilly: Insurers don’t need an excuse to raise rates http://bit.ly/aVa77b #reform
- Sunlight Foundation: Tools for Transparency: The Vote-to-Promote Model http://bit.ly/amuQbB #gov20
- Pacific Groundfish Catch Shares Approved, Slated to Start Jan 1, 2011 http://bit.ly/cVWFEZ #climate
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
- Think Links – Wed., Aug. 11, 2010 http://bit.ly/dvgCeJ #reform
- Morning Smoke: FINRA Under Pressure to Increase Transparency http://bit.ly/byhL1K #obama
- Passing the Baton at ServiceMaster http://bit.ly/bMxc42 #climate
- Cuba: Preserving the Cradle of the Caribbean http://bit.ly/baSn3e #climate
- White House proposal protects BP’s Gulf profits, discourages harsh sanctions http://bit.ly/bjqE3m #reform
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
WI: Union activists protest outside McCain Town Hall in Racine, July 31, 2008
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- The Golden Ticket Yields Plenty of Green: A tour of a Chinese factory brings energy savings to light http://bit.ly/cKWO0M #climate
- More Views on FREIGHT and Freight http://bit.ly/aAxTsl #climate
- Will Obama man up to the banks and appoint Elizabeth Warren to consumer post? http://bit.ly/bejhVv #reform
- Back to the Car http://bit.ly/ch5G1v #climate
- We Can Be Heroes http://bit.ly/dbI7KB #reform
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Monday, August 09, 2010
- Tackling Nitrogen Pollution http://bit.ly/adDQ8d #climate
- Officials Say Things Are on the Right Track at DCAA http://bit.ly/bVKzbU #obama
- Think Links – Mon., Aug. 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/cU2q2Q #reform
- The well might be plugged but the BP news still flows http://bit.ly/bzSgkk #reform
- Green Jobs: California’s Economic Bright Spot http://bit.ly/dmPJlw #climate
- Hopeful in St. Louis http://bit.ly/aURpKZ #reform
- Out of Many, One Database: Fixing a Weakness in a New Proposed NIH Rule http://bit.ly/asdkAs #obama
- Camp Baucus: A senator’s innovative — and unfortunate — fundraising plan http://bit.ly/bOPfqF #reform
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