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Technology evangelists believe that Barack Obama has the potential to fundamentally alter communication between the presidency and the people. Wikis in the White House? Online public comments on legislation? A real-time two-way conversation between citizens and their elected officials?

The four panelist in this discussion are:
Craig Newmark (Founder of Craigslist), Mindy Finn (Director of E-Strategy, Mitt Romney for President ), Ellen Miller (Executive Director of Sunlight Foundation), and Sascha Meinrath (Research Director, Wireless Future Program New America Foundation).

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America has fallen to 15th in the world in Internet adoption. Millions of people trapped on the wrong side of the digital divide are being deprived of a better education, good jobs and full participation in our democracy.

Take action by signing the Internet for Everyone New Year's Resolution.

Also, join the discussion at the Digital Town Hall, an online forum, where local activists, industry innovators, scholars and concerned citizens are talking about the future of the Internet in America.

When college students are urged to put down their phones and do their homework, they might soon answer: “We can’t. Our homework is on our cell phones.”

Read more at the OC Register.

I am a CTC VISTA Volunteer serving one year at the California Community Technology Policy Group (CCTPG). I recently attended the CTCNet 2008 Conference and took this opportunity to speak with participants about the Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion and other issues related to Community Technology.

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Fred Pilot lives within earshot of busy Highway 50.

Proximity to a modern roadway, however, hasn't helped him gain the kind of cheap Internet access that most people these days take for granted.

The 55-year-old Camino resident lives just out of the reach of AT&T's Internet service and Comcast's cable network.

He endured years of sluggish Web service before finally being pulled onto the information superhighway by one of the small wireless providers that have emerged to fill rural Internet voids in the region.

Read more at the Sacramento Bee.

It looks like a new FCC will be taking up the issue of a free wireless broadband plan in the AWS-3 band after FCC Chairman Kevin Martin canceled the FCC's Dec. 18 meeting where the vote was expected to happen.

Read more at Fierce Broadband Wireless.

Ten Sleep, Wyoming is home to a booming new company that teaches English online to students in Korea. The town of 350 people is a testament to how the reaches of broadband connectivity allows high-tech business to flourish even in remote areas.

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(1) WhiteHouse.gov/TV; (2) Weekly Obama Webcast; (3) GovTube; (4) Video Content on Non-Governmental sites; (5) in every executive branch agency, create New Media, Transparency, and Technology offices...

Read this post at Dan Manatt's blog .

President-elect Barack Obama has offered up a compelling vision for how he’d like information technology to transform government.

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