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Public Net-work

Posted by michael on from the spqr dept.

Steven Clift writes "I've written up an article titled E-Democracy, E-Governance, and Public Net-work. It illustrates how governments can do more with the Internet to meet public challenges. While the big bad government should be viewed skeptically in terms of censorship and regulation, it also does a million good things related to the non-techie parts of our lives. The question is not whether the government should use the Internet to involve people in meeting their public mission, but how to apply technology in the most effective way."

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  1. Nu-cu-lar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For all of you Bush-bashers out there, please remember that Jimmy Carter was a self-described, nu-cu-lar engineer.

    Ask you parents who Jimmy Carter was before he did Habitat for Humanity,

  2. Speaking of a public network... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is it just me or have other people been getting a lot of spam emails from random ADSL/Cable IP addresses in the past couple of days? Could it be a trojan exploiting holes opened by SoBig used to send out spam?

  3. Re:Penis blood by gregarican · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Some days the trolls are actually better than the real posts. I haven't had my daily fix of SCO bashing yet...

  4. How about you E-Kill Yourself with an E-Gun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you E-Fag

  5. morons DOWt corepirate nazis' 'mission' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    public? net?...?working? you must've gotten that chatter off the radio?

    we think that unpecedented evile/the walking dead, are in cahoots with these guise in sum phonIE plan to bullead US dry.

  6. Re:Penis blood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd say offer it up to her on a platter. Then do her goatse style.

  7. What did the romans do for us? by boesOne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This type of reaoning reminds me of the Judean People Front having a meeting to plan actions against the Romans, which ends up in naming nice thing they did.. irrigation, safety in the streets and ofcourse wine.. Romanum eunt domum !

  8. Naughty children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shame on you naughty children, all of you. Posting comments without reading the article. You deserve a good spanking.

    *slap* *slap*

    Go stand in the corner, all of you. Go.. Shoo. No dinner for you tonight.

  9. Net-work by dark&stormynight · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Steven,
    Why did you use a hyphen in the word "Net-work"?
    It is annoy-ing when peo-ple use hyphens in-corr-ect-ly. Thank-you for your atten-tion.