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Direct Democracy, Wiki-Style

September 10, 2008 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

from Governing.com Idea Center

Come November, presidential, gubernatorial, legislative and local races won't be the only items on the ballot. Initiatives and referenda will top ballots in more than a dozen states, and a new Web site, Ballotpedia, aims to help voters navigate these measures.

Ballotpedia is a wiki-style encyclopedia on everything connected with "citizen initiatives, ballot access, petition drives, initiative and referendum for political change, recall elections, school district bond issues and associated subjects."

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At Work On The Web

June 30, 2008 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

by Mark Stencel, Governing

Where is the best place on the Web to post a series of instructive videos for state officials about Internet security? On YouTube, of course.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers did exactly that earlier this year. Just one problem: Iowa technology leader John Gillispie, the association's president, couldn't watch the videos. State employees in the offices where he works are blocked from accessing YouTube on their work computers; it is classified as an "entertainment" Web site.

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