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Among a number of articles ... SURVEY: THE INTERNET SOCIETY Power to the people A pervasive web will increase demands for direct democracy http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534259 Through a glass darkly The biggest decisions about the internet's future will be political and social, not technological http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1534217 (see right column for additional articles) Slashdot Comments: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1748232 Also interesting: Web of trust If you like surfing the web, it is probably because you believe people are basically good http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1324751 Sep 19th 2002 >From The Economist print edition Also, here is more coverage on Regulations.Gov: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=regulations.gov A juicy quotes: http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20983-1.html “The intent is to change the world—let democracy see what’s in government and get involved easily,” said Mark Forman, OMB associate director for IT and e-government. “This is clearly a positive step in that direction.” From: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108932,00.asp "It's not nirvana, but it's an enormous step in the right direction," says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit group that researches the cultural impact of the Internet. "The distance between Washington and the rest of the country has been shrinking for almost two centuries, and this shrinks it almost to zero." ... "We hope it will get swamped, so we built in excess capacity for that," Forman says. "To be honest, some people in the agencies did say they feared getting electronic comment, but the law is very clear and the president is very clear; this is the people's government." From: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0120/web-omb-01-23-03.asp "[Regulations.gov] is an important first step in making it easier and cheaper to allow citizens to have relevant and timely input in the regulations that affect their lives," said Linda Fisher, EPA's deputy administrator. ... "E-rulemaking aims to make rulemaking more transparent and more accessible to citizens," said Mark Forman, associate director for IT and e-government at OMB. P.S. Rhode Island has an e-mail system to notify people about new rules: http://www.rules.state.ri.us/rules/ and Virginia has the mother of all government regulatory portals: http://www.townhall.state.va.us ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
