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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

An expert on agricultural economics and spatial analysis, Jerry most recently served as a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC, where he led major projects on food security and climate change issues.

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

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Aaron has spent seven years as the Privacy Fellow for the Washington DC policy institute Liberty Coalition. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Prior to moving to VisionLink , Aaron was also General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Identity Finder.

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Bureaucrats with Clue

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last night I was able to meet Vivek Kundra, the new Chief Information Officer of the federal government, at an event organized by Full Circle Fund and the Craigslist Foundation hosted by IBM at their offices on Market Street in San Francisco. For me, it's an amazing change. Here's some background on these three key White House staffers.

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Slides: DC's Innovative Data Catalog

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Our Web Executive Seminar last month featured a terrific case study by District of Columbia CTO Vivek Kundra on the DC Data Catalog -- an archive of over 200 data feeds. Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation.

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Live from Transparency Camp '09 in DC

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I had a great time yesterday at Transparency Camp '09 in DC - kudos to Peter Corbett , and Gabriela Schneider and Clay Johnson and others at Sunlight Foundation , as well as others for catalyzing it. There were folks there from NYC, west coast, and elsewhere, but about 2/3 were locals from DC. Twitter feed and Flickr pictures.

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New OSTP Blog Breaks New Ground

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The systems for participating in government have been long established and formalized. Sometimes, it's often hard to find the comments to reply to, at least for me, since I'm not a DC insider. I'm sure it will be more engaging than the traditional process, while honoring the government's need for transparency.

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