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Spend US infrastructure $$ on a National Railway
President Lincoln used the building of the Transcontinental Railroad to unite the nation during the Civil War. Eisenhower gave us the Interstate system after the WII. A National Light Rail System would not only bring the country together, but provide much needed jobs.
Rail travel is so much less stressful than driving in traffice or flying with today's security protocols.
We need better public transit. With a growing population, skyrocketing oil prices, and balooning urban centers that are more and more separated from 'bedroom districts', we need an alternative to the congested highway system. Current rail systems (Amtrak) gives too…
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larger trashcans on the national mall for the inaguration
The trashcans on the National Mall have got to be the smallest I have ever seen in a National Monument. At the end of the day, trash cans are literally overflowing with garbage. After the 4th of July, the Mall is littered with trash. How embarrassing for our Nation's Capitol. We need larger trashcans on the National Mall.
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Menchi
Cute, but may also be used as an emergency food supply in an economic crisis.
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Provide Obama's original birth certificate.
I want to see the original copy of Obama's birth certificate. If he has nothing to hide, then there should be no problem.
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Introduces Social Media Inside Government
Execute a social media strategy that integrates public and government on all levels.
- STRUCTURE: Create a distributed multi way information plan: Country, State County, City, People and back.
- TOPICS: Create focus topics like Energy, Economy, Transportation... you get the idea.
- WORK GROUPS: Build active communities of volunteers to run those online initiatives. 100 Million volunteers connected online - the spirit of co-creation now on a national level.
- FEEDBACK: Allow the public to comment on government units and services, provide inputs and possible solutions.
- ARCHITECTURE: There is a lot technology, even more new technologies who may…563 votes -
high speed trains in local and interstate levels.
i believe that we should have better public transportation to also kick or dependency on foreign oil. it promotes a greener country and encourages more americans to see their country from the ground.
its time that we upgrade our local and national trains to european standards. it makes simple sense.
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All legislation, precedence and codes publicly avail at no $
Make all legislation, precendence, laws, municpal codes, etc publically available at no charge, and providing a means of indexing, sorting, searching, and determining differences with updates and bills. It needs source control!
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encourage adoption of Agile software development practices
Successful technologies companies have mostly transitioned to Agile methods over the course of the last decade. It's time for government-sponsored technology projects to do the same.
Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies that are based on similar principles. Agile methodologies generally promote: A project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation; a leadership philosophy that encourages team work, self-organization and accountability; a set of engineering best practices that allow for rapid delivery of high-quality software; and a business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals. (Description from Wikipedia)
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Incentives for shared heating plants in new developments
Requiring every house/townhome/condo to have its own heat source is inefficient and environmentally unfriendly. Implementing shared heating plants (like those used in many large cities) in new developments will benefit both the owners and the environment.
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Embrace stem cell research
Reverse the Executive Order limiting stem cell research in the United States. This field promises to cure some of the most tragic and crippling diseases of our times.
The US has already begun to lose its leadership status in advanced medical research and risks losing its ability to compete in this 21st century industry.
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ensure network operators operate their networks fairly
in consumer and end-user networks especially, neutral treatment of all traffic (without regard to protocol, source or destination) is essential to avoid a situation in which an ISP favors e.g. its own VoIP traffic over that of a competitor, or throttles an entire protocol (say, BitTorrent). Exceptions for abuse are implied.
A complementary proposal is that ISPs and telcos stop advertising unlimited access unless they are prepared to deliver it - strict enforcement of false advertising laws should help protect consumers from signing up for a service their provider has no intention of delivering.
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free pretzels to go with the free beer
this is obvious... we must not die of thirst.
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301 votes
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Allow Supreme Court to rule on Al-Marri case
RE: al-Marri v. Pucciarelli, 08-368
This case will not be heard by the high court until Mr. Obama has become President and he will have options available that will remove the case from the SC's case list. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. If Al'Marri is allowed to have his day in court (after 5+ years of being unconstitutionally imprisoned), the Court's decision will restore the protection otherwise tied up in appellate courts. If this case is NOT heard by the SC, then we would have to wait for another atrocious breach of someone's civil rights before being able to bring it…
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be a proven systems builder, not an entrepreneur
Do we - as taxpayers - concentrate on seeding thousands of startups, and wait for our salvation to sprout in the form of a few wildly innovative winners? Or do we focus on improving our infrastructure by helping existing companies make their operations and supply chains more reliable and energy efficient? Otherwise said, do we trust entrepreneurs or system builders to help us make the step from a relatively simple, disconnected world to a very complex, highly connected one?
The challenges we face are so fundamentally global and systemic that we should hand the reins to the systems builders from…
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Decriminalize marijuana use for recreational purposes.
If alcohol is legal, marijuana should be as well. It's health risks are significantly less than those attributed to alcohol consumption. And, to be honest, everybody loves smoking marijuana.
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Pay for performance - not ljust evel
I would like for performance metrics to relate to cash bonuses for Gov't employees. I am OK with a base pay but there should be management discretion and available funds for bonuses. There should be management incentives for cutting costs that result in direct compensation. It doesn't seem right that our government workers operate in what appears more like a communist system than a capitalistic. I think identifynig metrics with accountable results and performance incentives would greatly improve our whole system but especially advance a few areas such as IT.
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Encourage zero energy houses
Builders ignore new technology that returns investment within a few years. Examples:
- Use ground water heat pumps (3-1 energy return)
- Orienting the house to get sun
- Instant water heaters
- Solar sheets
- Both 120vAC and 24vDC wiring, e.g. for LED lights
- Smaller, not too big
- Rainwater collectionTax builders based on how much energy the house will use, reducing and ultimately giving a break if zero net energy usage.
Buyers have no real choice when buying. With this, the incentive would be on slight redesigns that would have enormous savings long run (5-10 years).
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Start investing in Electronic Healthcare
Our paper based healthcare system is archaic and inefficient. The US currently lags behind our neighbors in electronic based healthcare.
Electronic health records are the key to empowering the patient, ensuring safety, security and privacy, and saving taxpayers billions in costs.
We need to invest in companies that are making Electronic Health Records possible, foster data sharing and securing initiatives and give incentives to healthcare providers to move away from their paper systems and onto electronic ones.
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Drive a personal health records initiative
Create a national standard for a personal healthcare record (PHR) that can be used by consumers to carry with them on a memory card and managed on a web site or personal computer.
Mandate that health organizations have a way to use this PHR information and allow the consumer to decide which information is private.
2 votes