News tagged with government transparency
Meet the man behind WhiteHouse.gov
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Macon Phillips understands the new media scene, one that combines politics and technology to talk directly to the people. Phillips works for President Barack Obama as the White House's new media director, a new job for an ...
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Briefs: Pakistan to maintain telecom transparency
Dec 16, 2005 |
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Pakistan has vowed to not roll back new telecommunications policies that improved transparency and consistency in the sector.
New US government website tracks IT spending
Jul 01, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama's chief information officer unveiled a new website on Tuesday which tracks the more than 70 billion dollars in annual information technology (IT) spending by federal agencies.
Watching Big Brother
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not watching you.
Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Without clear leadership and more transparency in federal risk research investment, the emergence of safe nanotechnologies will be a happy accident, rather than a foregone conclusion, says Dr. Andrew Maynard, the Chief Science ...
In Brief: Australia said 'close' to Telstra plan
May 23, 2006 |
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The Australian government is apparently getting closer to deciding on a plan for the sale of its majority stake in national telco Telstra.
Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.
Rule may allow officials to play role of scientists in toxic chemical regulation
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The Obama administration has promised to end political meddling in scientific decisions, but some critics say the White House has botched an early test of that pledge on a key question of public health: how to assess the ...
New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children 'at risk'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New legislation to relax the restrictions on media reporting of family court cases could put the privacy of vulnerable children at risk, according to a paper published by the Department of ...
White House launches open government initiative
May 21, 2009 |
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The White House invited ordinary Americans on Thursday to contribute ideas on making government more open and unveiled a new website where raw federal data will be put online for public use.
Digital Democracy: The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 21, the day the White House unveiled its Open Government Initiative, it also launched the website data.gov, which put information like Medicare cost reports, residential energy consumption ...
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