732 results found
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End non competition legislation protecting cell providers
Force US cellular providers to innovate and improve services to the level of other countries by repealing mandates that protect them from competition.
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Protecting Children on the Internet
Millions of children use the internet daily and it is important for the Obama CTO to protect all children. Everyone can agree that the number of internet predators are increasing at an alarming rate. As the CTO for the country he/she should address this issue.
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paint the whitehouse black
looks cool
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Web Service enable all government organizations
Create a common API for application developers to interact with all facets of government. IRS/Medicare/Financial Aid/Social Security... etc
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Do not support gun control.
In a country as large as America, gun control will only empower criminals and make law-abiding citizens more easily preyed upon. It's like Penn Jillette said - if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
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Standardize the Public Education System on F/OSS
Linux, OpenOffice, AbiWord, and a wealth of other, specialized educational software all exist for free. Switch now and gain more than just dollars...
Save Cash.
Public school districts pay Microsoft for Windows, Office and various groupware-related licenses, all with public money. Stop paying for software, and start spending money on everything else.Encourage Literacy and Open Access.
Never worry about students' access to the tools they need for homework and learning: it would all be free, as well as safe from viruses and other malware. The burden of purchasing software (Windows, Office, etc.) would be lifted from the student.Plant…
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Disable the warrantless wiretapping infrastructure
We never should make it easy for a wiretap to be put in place, because that only leads to telecommunication industry insider abuse. Wiretaps should be at least as hard to set up as they are to apply for from a judge -- and those should be the only wiretaps.
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Establish new policies for quality broadband in libraries
We need high-quality Internet connections in libraries. The federal government should take the lead in ensuring libraries have the resources and funding needed to purchase, install, and maintain fast Internet connections for patrons who don't have computers at home.
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Consolidate Redundant Government IT Services
There are many IT services across Government agencies that are redundant, and waste taxpayer dollars by paying for the same thing many times over. IT services that can be shared across agencies should be consolidated; applications, tools, and solutions that have been developed should be leveraged. Unprecedented economies of scale could be realized if the stovepiped government IT structure can be broken.
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fix the internal identity management problems
Each government organization is full of identity silos that are not integrated. This causes a threat to national security in that there are many accounts that are not being purged and leaving access holes open. This would also setup the basic steps for interagency intelligence sharing.
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Require Laws to be Readable by the General Public
Laws are currently written in such a way that they are inaccessible to the general public.
Without being able to make informed decisions, by understanding the laws which our legislators are voting for we are forced to take their word on the issue. This promotes a government based on charisma rather than real consideration of the issues.
I suggest that each law be required to have an easy to understand non-legalese version to which legislators can be held accountable.
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support the creation of tools for americans not against us!
The use of technology to spy on and intimidate American citizens is unconscionable. We should support the creation and distribution of tools and technology that empower American citizens to:
Educate themselves however they wish.
Protect their own privacy against powerful institutions and each other.
Eliminate dangerously high levels of Government privacy against our curiosity and need to be informed.
Join together their voices, votes, and money to change their communities.3 votes -
embrace open source software and hardware
Tap the ingenuity of open source community to create, develop, maintain, and compete in public policy decisions.
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Generate oversight for the peer review system
What happens when two groups of qualified scientists disagree on fundamental scientific principles? What happens when research is rejected because it casts doubt upon the prior work of the peer reviewer? Who with authority is actively scanning the "fringe sciences" in an attempt to discover scientific talent that's been obstructed from publication because their new paradigm is too unconventional?
In the history of science, it's clear that many ideas that were once considered heretical are now common knowledge. Sometimes, these people are blocked from being published in peer review journals due to institutional or ethical issues. If we know that…
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Listen to the EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving the right to freedom of speech, such as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, in the context of today's digital age (see also digital rights). Its stated main goal is to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties. The EFF is supported by donations and is based in San Francisco, California, with…
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Reduce monopolies of broadband in small communities
Get rid of monopolies of broadband in small communities so people, and the general public can afford broadband once it gets there. Also for small business'.
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Strengthen growing companies; Stop Funding $ to old Failures
The Finance companies, GM and the automakers, and other failures were part of an old era. Let them fail. The idea that “they’re too big to fail”, has got to stop.
We are in a new era now. Strengthen growing companies; if we give $$ to GM and the Financials, it will just prolong the agony and we'll never see that money again.1 vote -
OBAMA CTO SHOULD FART IN HE OWN MOUF
AHe should fart in he own mouf, Obama CTO.
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Annual Half Billion Green Energy Comptetion for Universities
The greatest wealth the government can acquire is intellectual property which benefits the whole of society when it is free and open. I believe that the U.S. Government should hold a contest for the best technological innovation in renewable, clean, green energy production. Submissions are made not by individuals or companies but by colleges and university teams competing for a prize of 500 million dollars for their endowment funds. The government in return would gain the intellectual property right for the winning design/process. Imagine M.I.T., Stanford, Cal Berkley, Harvard, battling it out for a huge addition to their endowments. In…
2 votes