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Open Government Directive Issued — Will it Be Followed?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 8 December 2009
The U.S. government is vowing to keep an open dialogue just as it seems it’s getting stuck back in it’s tight-lipped ways. Today the White House Open Government Initiative released the Open Government Directive (PDF) and the Open Government Progress Report to the American People (pdf). #OGD Wordle via Clay Johnson. OMB director Peter Orszag [...]
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Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 16 November 2009
In defiance of “unfriending” I suggest listening to this while reading: I WIll Follow (Live) – U2   Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend Filed in A-Editor’s Picks , A-Featured , Current Events , Dictionaries , Lexicography , Reference on November 16, 2009 | ShareThis Birds are singing, the sun [...]
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Tribune Quits AP for a Week, Should Really Quit Paper Itself

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 2 November 2009
I’d love to see Tribune papers really get some good reporting here, not just from within but from experienced beat-bloggers, city-bloggers, and more comprehensive, microfunded reporting as done by the likes of spot.us. Personally I think the best way to cut costs is to slowly let the printed version of the paper wither away, until [...]
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