Washington, DC – On Wednesday, ACT hosted an event entitled “Moving from e-Government to We-Government: Creating Processes for Transparency and Openness” in Washington, DC. The event focused on the practical issues that must be addressed in order to improve the transparency of government, and featured Andrew Plemmons Pratt of the [...]
By mlee|2016-12-21T00:14:56-05:00April 17th, 2009|Blog|
Yahoo!Tech writes that “[t]here are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly. A report [released today] by security company McAfee Inc. finds that spammers are a scourge to your inbox and the environment, generating an astounding 62 trillion junk e-mails in 2008 that [...]
According to Yahoo!Tech, “[t]he European Commission began legal action against the U.K. Tuesday over its failure to protect Internet users from Phorm -- a covert behavioral advertising technology tested by the U.K.'s biggest fixed line operator, BT, in 2006 and 2007. The move signals growing concern in Brussels over the [...]
ACT will host an event on open government on Tuesday, Apr 14 from 9:30 to 10:45am. It's at the newly opened Capitol Visitors Center, Congressional Meeting Room South (the new main entrance to the U.S. Capitol, is located on the East front at First Street and East Capitol Street, NE). [...]
According to the Financial Times, “cross-border research projects in Europe could be set for billions of euros in tax breaks under proposals that will be considered by European Union ministers in coming weeks. As part of a broader plan to step up EU investment in research, Brussels is proposing to [...]
