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Congress Loosens Lobbyist Disclosure

Posted by Dave 10 hours ago (http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com)

The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate are loosening their interpretation of lobbyist disclosure provisions on gifts to lawmakers and read more »
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Governance-on-the-Go', or GonGo: the citizen at the center of an IT-enabled governance breakthrough? | The Kaufmann Governance Post

Posted by Dave 10 hours ago (http://thekaufmannpost.net)

try to advance the discussion on the interface between ICT, governance and government. read more »
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ISP Involvement in Behavioral Advertising Getting More Attention

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.cdt.org)

| Tags: CDT

These past two weeks have seen a flurry of activity concerning ISP participation in online behavioral advertising. On July 8, CDT released a legal me read more »
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FCC “Enforcement” Against Comcast?

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.cdt.org)

| Tags: CDTDigital CopyrightInternet NeutralitycomcastenforcementFCCnet neutralitynetwork management

There has been quite a bit of attention paid in the past week to statements by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin about possible FCC action against Comcast fo read more »
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EU Follows U.S. Legislative Effort to Promote Global Internet Freedom

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.cdt.org)

| Tags: CDTInternationalCongressEUeuropean commissionGOFAhuman rightsInternetprinciples

Freedom House held a Capitol Hill briefing July 15th on global Internet freedom. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Jules Maaten of the European Union Parli read more »
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CRS Report of the Week: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Sketch of Selected Issues

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.cdt.org)

| Tags: CDTSecurity & Freedom

This report was prepared and published prior to the Senate passing of FISA.
CRS Report RL34566, July 7, 2008.
From the report’s summa read more »
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When Reasonable People Agree to Agree

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.cdt.org)

| Tags: CDTConsumer PrivacyDigital CopyrightFree ExpressioncopyrightEFFGooglelawsuitLeave it to BeaverViacomYouTube

The blogosphere pumped up the volume on the news that YouTube was being forced, under court order, to fork over its “logging database,” i read more »
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Citizens Track Lawmaker Earmark Requests

Posted by Dave 4 days ago (http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com)

Some 76 members of Congress provide at least some disclosure of their fiscal year 2009 earmark requests online, citizen researchers have found. The m read more »
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