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should not be a dumbass
We should have a good CTO. Not a dumbass. That's just my opinion.
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Standardize systems in use by federal agencies
All federal agencies use one or two common systems for each major function -- one human resources system, one learning management system, one performance and compensation system, etc. Get all agencies to report data using common standards.
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Works closely with someone who understands ordinary people.
There should be someone very close to the top of the CTO's chain of influence who can ensure that assumptions are not made about the infallibility of technology being reliable upon simply because it requires humans to install and manage it and humans are inherently fallible.
Technocrats tend to live in a somewhat rarified intellectual atmosphere and someone should be at hand to keep the CTO's feet firmly on the ground viz a viz the possibilities and risks.
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Hybrid Mesh- Fiber-Broadband--SATCOM Network
Create a collaborative-open hybrid Fiber -RF Network that takes on the technologies of HSDPA, EVDO-WiMAX- LTE - Wi-Fi and SATCOM.
Do this in a similar way that Meraki Networks and Open-Mesh has leveraged Wi-Fi only to create hotpots that can be stood up in minutes, Allow the federally sponsored networks to host these Government Portals at the state level in Autonomous POPs,.
Deploy these networks so that a user can roam to any broadband network carrier on a device and covers all the frequency bands with a programmable SIM chip or through biometric identification.
Add the the ability to slap…
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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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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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Menchi
Cute, but may also be used as an emergency food supply in an economic crisis.
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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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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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Kick Start large-scale Data Center industry in the Dakotas
South Dakota has abundundant wind power, free cooling much of the year, plenty of inexpensive land, is centrally located in the US and geographically distant enough to be a great business continuity site for most US businesses. The federal government could lead the way by building its next data center there, mapping out a large-scale plan and offering incentives to companies pursuing efficiency by relocating data centers from warmer climates.
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Create a National Grapevine for live social networking.
We need to create a national social network that enables people to gather in live, public Conversation Spaces running on open source software such as http://palspace.tv
Citizens can self organize according to locale, issue, authority, etc. into communities that host on-going public discussions.
Officials, subject matter experts, stakeholders, journalists, students, reseachers, ... in short everyone.. will be able to join in moderated conversations about any social concern.
Conversations will be supported by easy access to tools such as related maps, charts, media, and more throught the use of an integrated suite of applets.
Citizens can install a destop application, phone…
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Poker
Repeal the online poker portion of the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006
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Appoint a CTO AND a Chief Innovation Officer
In President-elect Barack Obama’s technology and innovation fact sheet, he pledged to appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The CTO’s duty, Obama outlined, is to “ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies, and services for the 21st century.”
The establishment of a U.S. CTO is long overdue as business media outlets are continually reporting that the United States is losing its competitive edge, inadequately prepared to combat cyber threats, and lagging behind in innovation.
But, a CTO is not enough.
As Bruce Nussbaum said recently in his BusinessWeek.com blog, Nussbaum on Design,…
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Jumpstart Manifest Destiny
The American people have forgotten their God given right the to Western Hemisphere! Stop these silly oil wars overseas and focus on expanding our borders to the north and south!
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cirneco, NON-ALERGENIC
These dogs may be rare in the states, but we have two, a mom and her son. They are about 25 pounds an knee high. They love to play, hug and most especially, incredibly non-allergenic. More so than poodles, waterdogs an laberdoodles. They aren't in the AKC yet because there aren't enough of them in the states yet, they are very popular in europe. They look like an Egytian Pharoah Hound. The are incredibly sweet dogs
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Statehood for all territories, national capital, Puerto Rico
Yes, we can...a change for justice. No more colonies in the 21st century. Our fellow American citizens of Puerto Rico, Distirct of Columbia, Virgin Islands, Guam need equal rights and treatment. Please Mr. President Obama, with respect we solicit your attention to this serious human and citizen right violation. Please support their Statehood process soon.
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Educate a 21st Century Entrepreneurial Workforce
Our public education is broken. Let's invest in our schools, We have the technology, we have the resources, and we can change our public schools from basket cases into showcases.
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Learn from chip industry: Turn Big 3 Into Car Fabs
The reason we have such a huge choice of low cost computers and all sorts of gizmos and gadgets, smart phones, and electronic toys is because of the amazing advances in chip designs. Hundreds of small chip design firms are producing incredibly advanced semiconductors that power a slew of innovative devices.
But the reason we have so much innovation in the chip industry is because of a manufacturing revolution that began more than twenty years ago. In 1987, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was founded as a new type of chip company--it was a semiconductor foundry--it made chips for other…
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Ten pages of vision and architecture fast
Come up with 10 pages of vision and architecture for citizen - gov interaction within 100 days, based on Obama's beliefs, best practises, in the US and abroad, and visionary statements on twitter.
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Improve Public Records Management (FOIA Requests)
Provide the proper time, money, technology and people to properly manage public records and respond quickly, effectively and efficiently to FOIA requests.
3 votes