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Democracy Technology

January 25, 2012 By gmoke

A Facebook group called Upgrade Democracy is collecting a list of "teams/organizations working on technology-powered solutions to the systemic problems of governance/group decision-making." They want help in expanding the list … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, elections, media, politics, social-media, technology

Get This App and Get Out The Vote!

October 24, 2010 By kgilnack

Tech President sums it up well: Hop on over to My.BarackObama.com/CommitChallenge, type in your reason for voting, and the app published your intentions to your Facebook Wall. But it also sets you up to tweak your Facebook friends, one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, election-2010, facebook, facebook-app, gotv, gotv2010, ofa, organizing-for-america, technology

Tech@State

August 4, 2010 By gmoke

I learned of this series through Jan Chipchase, formerly of Nokia and presently with Frog Design, http://janchipchase.com/2010/0... His presentation http://designmind.frogdesign.c... - text and slides http://www.ustream.tv/recorded... - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cell-phones, economics, haiti, information, jan-chipchase, money, random, state-department, technology

Energy Events

January 10, 2010 By gmoke

MIT Monday, January 11, 2010 Mass Energy Trek Time: 8:00a-5:00p Location: Meet in E51 Tang Lobby at 8am Mass Energy Trek is a three-day trek in the second week of January during IAP. It's is the Energy component of MIT Tech Treks organized … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, energy, harvard, learning, mit, random, science, somerville, teaching, technology

eGov Summit: March 6th and 7th in London

January 23, 2007 By politicalengineer

There is a conference that a number of people who read this blog may be interested in attending. The eGov Summit is being held this March on the 6th and the 7th in England. Here's the websiteTaken from the conference website:"Transforming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: random, technology

Belated thanks for Technology Working Group input!

December 18, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Many thanks to all who commented last Monday at the Patrick Transition Team's on-line Technology Working Group Open Meeting. You can read the thread, and all the ideas posted here, and there were a handful of comments posted here as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, patrick, steelfisher, technology, transition, working-groups

[Was] Going on Now on BMG! Technology Working Group Community Meeting

December 11, 2006 By steelfisher

The Governor-elect asked that our group concentrate on the following:A plan to implement statewide WiFi (or ubiquitous broadband)Using technology to rebuild communitiesAllowing for greater transparency in governmentWho is here: Louis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: patrick, steelfisher, technology, transition, working-groups

Reminder: Technology Working Group, 7:00 PM Tonight on BMG

December 11, 2006 By steelfisher

Hi Folks,This is a quick reminder that the Technology Working Group will be holding an online community meeting right here on BMG between 7:00 and 8:30 tonight.  We hope you can join us.The Governor-elect asked that our group … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, massachusetts, technology, transition

State web sites: Michigan puts us to shame

December 8, 2006 By David

The results are in: the best state website in the country belongs to Michigan.  So says a study released recently (and which unfortunately costs $250) of state, county, and city websites by the National Policy Research Council and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, ma, patrick, technology

Patrick/Murray Technology Working Group Takes on ODF and Microsoft

December 6, 2006 By rit

The Patrick/Murray transition team Technology Working Group (that's a mouth-full) has an online community meeting planned for December 11th @ 7:00pm on BMG.  How about we start pulling together a list of topics to cover?The diary on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, meeting, microsoft, murray, odf, patrick, technology, transition, working-group

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