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Lawrence Lessig Bolsters Open Government in Raleigh

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June 24, 2010
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Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig was in North Carolina earlier this week on behalf of Common Cause, a national political reform organization with chapters across the country, to build support for his Change Congress campaign. His work and that of his host organizations in Raleigh illustrate the power and necessity of watchdog institutions to maintain government transparency. At a time of great concern over the fallout of the U.S.

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A subtle victory for policy interventions in media at the FTC workshop

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  • Fiona Morgan
June 16, 2010
FTC building (Wikimedia Commons)

The Federal Trade Commission's final workshop on changes in the media business, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?," ended with the sense that only limited policy recommendations would come out of the session, at least in terms of recommendations by the FTC.

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The Community Health Data Initiative illustrates model for meeting information needs

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  • Fiona Morgan
June 3, 2010

When we think about the information needs of communities, we tend to think in terms of news coverage and public affairs information, yet there is a new stream of government data being made available to the public and a move to use that data in ways that could provide a model for other community information needs.

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North Carolina's municipal broadband battle demonstrates the need for clearer national policy

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June 1, 2010

Update: On Wednesday, June 2, the N.C. Senate Finance committee passed a new version of S 1209. The bill would place a temporary moratorium on municipal broadband and direct a legislative subcommittee to study existing systems in the meantime. A formal report would be due March 1, 2011.

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