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Hey, Candi has a lot of real experience getting the job done, and I really do recommend How Does Your Website Stack Up?

Lot of good stuff there; here are a few of my favorites:

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 Okay, a general theme of the Open Government thing is that people in the private and public sectors can work together, sometimes using some new tech. That way, taxpayers get more effective service from the government, better customer service, ultimately getting what we pay for.

That's a really big deal for all Americans, particularly when it comes to helping out troops who risked everything for us, often taking a bullet for us. Read more...

There's a lot to digest, but start by checking out Open Government Day brings new guidance from OMB. The deal is that we're getting a government that listens to people and wants to give citizens what they pay for:

The deal with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is that it makes a bunch of tax breaks available to citizens, mostly focusing on the middle class. The folks at the White House want you to get what you pay for, so they're doing stuff like this.

Two weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission submitted its first-ever National Broadband Plan to Congress. In Part 1 of this series, the FCC’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, took the time to explain why the United States needs a new, comprehensive approach to broadband and what the goals of the Plan are.

In Part 2, the chairman takes a step back and looks at the “big picture,” discussing his vision for the FCC as an organization and communications issues that he has prioritized since becoming its chief.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) submitted its first-ever National Broadband Plan to Congress. It’s a big step toward bringing the United States up to speed with other advanced nations in broadband adoption and use. Recognizing the growing role of high-speed Internet access in the United States’ communications infrastructure, the plan outlines a new and ambitious vision for broadband over the next 10 years.

Among other recommendations, the plan proposes subsidizing Internet broadband providers that service rural areas, auctioning broadcast spectrum in order to make room for mobile Internet devices and funding a nationwide wireless public safety network to help different authorities coordinate an efficient response to national disasters, terrorist attacks and other public emergencies. 

The folks at the Sunlight Foundation's Sunlight Labs just announced the Design for America competition.

The Sunlight folks are all about making government accountable by making it transparent, stuff like showing where the money goes, how it's spent. This contest is about finding ways to present government data so that it makes sense:

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The EPA is opening up, letting people know how things are really done, as opposed to hiding all that.

There's a good update on their part in open, accountable government, like:

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