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Revitalize the Clinger Cohen Act and E-Gov Act
During the late 90s, efforts to reform the IT Acquisition Process by OSD's Stan Soloway, Marv Langston, Art Money were supported by some 13 non-profits and signed off by Dr. Jack Gansler. These recommendations to establish a technology clearinghouse and streamlined acquisition process have gained broad support by agencies and industry groups but failed to overcome the rice bowls and self interest of our traditional system integrators. Relying on old style architecture and acquisition methods cost the tax payer $15B/year in failed IT programs, and delay the deplyment of critical capabilies by years. The AF Solution Assessment Process is a…
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direct all agencies to implement virtualization technology
The CTO should ensure that all executive agency CIO/CTOs consolidate hardware in their server and desktop environments, to the extent possible, and use virtualization software.
Under this plan, hardware costs could be lowered significantly and systems administration maintenance would be minimized.
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Tax gas and use money for development of alternative energy
Tax each gallon of gas up to $1.00 as long as current price under $3.00. Use 3/4s of the proceeds to develop alternative energy sources and the other 1/4 to support short term off shore drilling which will continue to help keep the cost of oil down, and thus allow the tax to continue and help reduce our dependence on others for energy.
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Tax gas and use money for development of alternative energy
Tax each gallon of gas up to $1.00 as long as current price under $3.00. Use 3/4s of the proceeds to develop alternative energy sources and the other 1/4 to support short term off shore drilling which will continue to help keep the cost of oil down, and thus allow the tax to continue and help reduce our dependence on others for energy.
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Tax gas and use money for development of alternative energy
Tax each gallon of gas up to $1.00 as long as current price under $3.00. Use 3/4s of the proceeds to develop alternative energy sources and the other 1/4 to support short term off shore drilling which will continue to help keep the cost of oil down, and thus allow the tax to continue and help reduce our dependence on others for energy.
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Connect Govt and People efficiently
- Create efficient social network to provide Daily updates to People on administrative issues and decisions using efficient online channel
- Select a Panel of highly efficient technocrats not associated with lobbies
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Tony Dawes
Your only choice should be Tony Dawes from Suquamish WA. Not only is he the brilliant cyber-czar you are looking for but he is a down to earth family man who would be a tremendous asset to this post.
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Bring Ivy League College classes into all our living rooms
Why can't we all audit classes from the best and brightest professors at Yale and Harvard? And then take an affordable test at thelocal Community College to get College credits. And how about rewarding teachers based on the popularity of virtual classes they create? And why not make it possilbe to learn to install a Solar Panel from a course you download and then take your test and get certified at the local Community College?
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start now a manned Mars exploration program
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because the mankind has too much problems today (lack and expensive energy, financial crisis, wars, etc.) then, we must give a BIG DREAM to the world and (mainly) to the youngest peoples, something like was the Apollo program in '60s ---- of course, it must be a TRUE program with REAL funds and design to be started NOW
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Give us more than just 10 points!!! Too many good ideas!
How about instead of fixed number of points, you index them to the number of posts, or the number of registered users, or something dynamic rather than static? There are way too many good posts on this site I'd like to be able to vote for.
Further, now that the site has matured, early posts are becoming entrenched at the top, and the hundreds or newer ones are buried at the bottom, out of sight. There needs to be a better way of bringing good, newer posts out of obscurity, and providing more votes is necessary (but not sufficient) for…
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GPS-based Navigation System for Air Traffic
We need to upgrade the countrywide, WWII era system now in place with a GPS centric system that could save everyone money and decrease unnecessary CO2 emissions caused by longer than necessary flight paths and delays.
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Continue to support early-stage technology companies
The new CTO needs to focus on supporting early-stage technology companies in order for the US to stay on the cutting edge of technology. In addition, the CTO needs to have a program the incentives kids to pursue degrees in engineering and science
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Structural separation of telecom service providers
Separate the operation of the last mile from ISP service.
Have every ISP buy last mile access from companies that operate last-mile service. This has several benefits: ISP have buying power to reduce price, and can encourage overbuilding the last mile, and this would maximize competition among ISPs.
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Develop a system for blind trust donations to candidates
The problem with money in politics is not that there's too much of it, it's that recipients of the money know who gave them the money. The CTO should develop a web-based system for blind-trust donations to political candidates. Donors would have no way of proving that their money went to a specific candidate, breaking the quid-pro-quo link.
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Seriously look into cyberwar
With terrorists and goverments continually getting more sophisticated, we need to protect ourselves on the internet front. We aren't prepared for an attack on our systems and no one's going to take it seriously until it happens. We don't seem to learn.
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Automate the transportation system.
The transportation system in the United States is a nightmare. It causes people more grief than anything other than the health care industry.
It is not unrealistic to think that more than 50% of urban-metro transportation could be automated within 20 years.
Doing this would save countless lives, improve quality of life dramatically, and make much more efficient use of energy.
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