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Public Media Reaches out with Gustav Resources

This past weekend the Engage team spoke (virtually, using e-mail, of course!) about how we could help spread information and resources about Hurricane Gustav.more

September 2, 2008 | Add a New Comment

OpenID Foundation Board Adds Google, IBM, Microsoft, Verisign, and Yahoo!

The OpenID Foundation announced its first corporate board members today: Google, IBM, Microsoft, Verisign, and Yahoo!.

The five companies edge OpenID, a system for users to create a single digital identity that travels with them across sites, closer to mainstream adoption.

From the OpenID blog:more

February 7, 2008 | Add a New Comment

Astroturfing Is Illuminated: Site Launched to Expose Front Groups

This week, the Consumers Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy launched Full Frontal Scrutiny, a site to "expose front groups, which are organizations that state a particular agenda, while hiding or obscuring their identity, membership or sponsorship, or amore

January 31, 2008 | Read Comments (1) | Add a New Comment

New Signs of Government Openness

It may look like an obscure obscene gesture, but the "open government" gang sign is only one of the interesting developments from a recent summit of open government data advocates.more

January 3, 2008 | Add a New Comment

Online, some novel inspiration to write fiction

Jim Lehrerâ€â„¢s spot on your bookshelf may never overtake his place on the TV screen.more

December 28, 2007 | Add a New Comment