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Participatory Politics and the Open-Gov Landscape

January 3, 2011 by Participatory Politics

Welcome to the new site of our scrappy non-profit organization, PPF, with our homepage redesigned in November and a group blog kicking off here & now. As mentioned below, we’re aiming to address the following big-picture issues with our surprisingly-flawed & undeniably-human political process: “government transparency, civic engagement, net neutrality, fighting systemic corruption, and comprehensive electoral reform.” Let’s do this thing. Continue reading →

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