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Tech companies can help publishers charge for online content

donal brown September 14, 2009

The big tech companies including Google and Microsoft can easily provide publishers with ways to charge readers for news online.It is more difficult to get the publishers to stop providing news for free. -DB San Francisco Chronicle September 11, 2009 By Andrew Vanacore (09-11) 04:15 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) — Some of the world’s most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online. IBM Corp., Microsoft

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Federal transparency: Agencies may not be able to deliver readable formats

donal brown September 14, 2009

New Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra wants government agencies to provide data in formats that the public can download, search and manipulate to analyze government actions, but some information experts think there are serious obstacles to providing that information in machine-readable formats. -DB NextGov September 11, 2009 By Aliya Sternstein E-government specialists say it is unreasonable for the White House to call on agencies to release existing government data in machine-readable formats as part

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Obit: Dick Fogel, Bay City News Service founder, and long-time FAC supporter, at 86.

FAC September 14, 2009

Richard Henry Fogel, co-founder of Bay City News Service, died last Wednesday at 86. Fogel was among the founders of FAC in 1988. Ever a free speech advocate, he was a recipient of the James Madison Freedom of Information Career Achievement Award, among others. By Wayne Futak Bay City News 09/10/2009 —- Richard Henry Fogel, co-founder of San Francisco’s Bay City News Service, died Wednesday in Thousand Oaks. He was 86. An advocate on issues

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Open transit data policies benefit public

donal brown September 14, 2009

Open transit data policies benefit public EFF Technology Manager Time Jones argue that making transit schedule data available to independent software developers does a lot more for the public good than treating the information as intellectual property. -DB http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/who-controls-data-about-public-transportation Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary September 10, 2009 By Tim Jones How should city transit authorities treat independent software developers who make use of public schedule data? What approach results in the best experience for their passengers

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California: State fair practices commission goes online with notices of investigations

donal brown September 14, 2009

Rejecting claims they were unfairly exposing people who could well be innocent, the Fair Political Practices Commission said they would continue to post warning letters about possible violations of the Political Reform Act, a practice began August 31. The information has always been available upon request. -DB The Sacramento Bee September 11, 2009 By Andrew McIntosh Members of the state’s political watchdog agency rejected calls Thursday to immediately suspend the publication of its warning letters

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