Open Government Initiative

[Adelante]

This is part of WhiteHouse.gov where constructive policy input by citizens is the goal. I hope DUers will become involved in this project.

PHASE ONE:
BRAINSTORM
Share your ideas recommendations on how to make government more open. Vote on proposed ideas or add your own.

PHASE TWO:
DISCUSS
Dig deeper on the ideas and challenges identified during the Brainstorm phase.

PHASE THREE:
DRAFT
Collaborate on crafting constructive proposals to address challenges from the Discussion phase.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/

[Wednesdays]

1. K&R

:kick:

[Adelante]

2. This site has been invaded by Birthers - please help if you can

The OpenGovt site is being swarmed by birthers and other whackos.

Go to the first page

http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/ideafactory.do?mode=recent&pageOffset=0

Click on a thumbsdown and you will be asked to register (you can choose no email in your profile if you don't want email)

Then when you return to the first page,

Click that first :thumbsdown: again and it will downrate the post - you will see the number decrease

Continue doing the same thing as long as you can (I got through about 12 pages), but when I went back to the beginning, I saw more had come in, so please keep going back throughout the night, if you can.

Thanks.

[Adelante]

3. World Nut Daily Stepping Up Attacks

BORN IN THE USA?
'Transparent' White House blacklists 'birthers'
Obama eligibility topic missing from plans for next phase of dialogue
Posted: June 04, 2009
12:00 am Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Despite the "open government dialogue" website being overrun with posts addressing the eligibility issue, the White House appears to be moving on with its plans while ignoring concerns from thousands of people about Barack Obama's elusive "long-form" birth certificate.

"We read and considered all the proposals," Beth Noveck, White House deputy chief technology officer for open government, said in a statement on the White House website. "We took the voting into account when assessing your enthusiasm for a submission, but only somewhat in evaluating relevance."

She continued, "The ideas that received the most organized support were not necessarily the most viable suggestions."

As WND reported, many of the top-rated threads have been from citizens calling on Obama to release his birth certificate. There were more than 200 individual threads and thousands of comments on the eligibility issue alone, but moderators repeatedly edited dialogue about the birth certificate.

Let Obama and everyone else know you care about the Constitution. Take part in the WND's "Where's the Birth Certificate?" billboard campaign!

WND observed the "Making Data More Accessible" section for several hours Tuesday as more suggestions appeared, and at least 60 were subsequently removed on the first page alone – all requests for the president to submit proof of citizenship.

-much more

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100035


Here is the White House Open Government Dialogue website

http://opengov.ideascale.com/