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	<title>OpenGovBlog.org - Practical Ideas to enable more Effective and Open Government &#187; open government</title>
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		<title>Idea for a Better Federal Workforce and a Stronger Military: A sensible benefit which helps our vets and our government..</title>
		<link>http://www.opengovblog.org/2010/03/idea-for-a-better-federal-workforce-and-a-stronger-military-a-sensible-benefit-which-helps-our-vets-and-our-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a story which I am sure has been repeated many times.  An Army reservist who has been deployed not to long ago and now is back in his civilian job was offered a federal job which he wanted.  The problem? Not salary but a key benefit which will surprise you. His private sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends, Govies, Countrymen, Lend us your ideas for Open Government!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Government planning is underway and a host of agencies ask soliciting ideas from the public to improve their ability to achieve their mission.  I collected the current list of Federal Department/Agency Open progress pages and the links to the idea solicitation websites below&#8230;  Also Data.gov is looking for suggestions for improvement at datagov.ideascale.com.




Open Progress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does .Gov still require www.?  Open Government is a User Friendly Government</title>
		<link>http://www.opengovblog.org/2010/01/why-does-gov-still-require-www-open-government-is-a-user-friendly-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Better Government Websites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just typed in yet another .gov address to come with &#8220;page not found.&#8221;  Why? Because I am efficient and think the internet should be too. I don&#8217;t type in www in front of domains anymore by default.  Most commercial webmasters and ISP providers have figured this out. For some reason a lot of federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Government Innovation: Better Citizen Outreach and PSAs through a .Gov Ad Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lower costs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A central problem and budget issue for the federal government is how much to spend on public service advertisement campaigns (PSAs)?  How much is viewership worth?  This bears very much on the effectiveness of government outreach which will be more and more important for as a more open government explores ways to acheive [...]]]></description>
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