full video here:. Fora.tv Ellen Miller, managing director of the Sunlight Foundation, says it is the responsibility of government to embrace the technology and the policy of transparency, "open government should be created, not born in secret," he says. ----- Technology Evangelists believe that Barack Obama has the potential to revolutionize the communication between the President and the people. Wiki in the White House? Online public comments on the legislation? A two-way conversation in real timebetween citizens and their elected representatives? Good or bad, but nothing is as simple as that. Federal Regulations, First Amendment issues, and just plain common sense to go slowly - and possibly stagnate - Technological Innovation in Washington. Panel discussed their hopes for an Obama administration more transparent and challenges to open government and participatory - New America Foundation Ellen S. Miller is the founder and CEO ofSunlight Foundation, a catalyst with the Washington-based non-profit organizations to initiate the use of new technologies Congress. In just two years, Light has more than two dozen Web sites, databases, distributed research projects, tools and widgets designed to make information on Congress activities more accessible through the Internet. She is the founder of two important organizations based in Washington on money and politics - the Center for Responsive Politics and Public Campaign - and a...
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