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Tennessee Pork Report Broadcast

Posted by nwilliams On May - 27 - 2009

Today at 12pm Eastern, we will run an experimental live broadcast of the Tennessee Pork Report press conference. Because we are dependent on the internet at the Capitol Building, we may not be successful.

At 3pm Eastern, we will broadcast live from the Tennessee Center from Policy Research’s offices for a Tennessee Pork Report Q&A session.

Popularity: 16% [?]

Chat Transcript from Carl Gipson’s Talk Today

Posted by nwilliams On April - 29 - 2009

Connecting to chat room…

Welcome to the ‘newmediatvorg’ room

11:45 The chat room has been cleared by the moderator.

08:29 Nicole Sauce : NMTV: Policy Spotlight, Wednesday at 1pm Eastern Time

11:49 Nicole Sauce : Hello Everyone

11:53 Dave Williams : Hola Nicole!

11:54 Nicole Sauce : Mr. Williams!

11:56 Dave Williams : Ms. Williams!

12:02 Nicole Sauce : Did everyon like Mama Sauce?

12:04 Nicole Sauce : If you have questions while Carl talks, type them in here so that he can address them in a few minutes.

12:04 Dave Williams : Can you talk about some of the Intellectual Property aspects of open source?

12:06 Nicole Sauce : Welcome Richard

12:08 Nicole Sauce : Link to Carl’s White Paper in PDF format: http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/Centers/technology/policynote/OpenSourceSoftware.pdf

12:14 Nicole Sauce : I noticed that Google has a “SEAT AT THE TABLE” – does this mean that they will own our sensitive data that the Government has already?

12:15 RichardSDavis : Thanks, Nicole.

12:16 RichardSDavis : How, if at all, does this conversation tie into net neutrality, Carl?

12:17 Nicole Sauce : Thenationaldialogue.org has topics surrounding various govt technology issues – we can say what we think as citizens if worried. http://www.thenationaldialogue.org/ideas/technological-neutrality

12:19 Dave Williams : There was an OMB memo in 2004 that discusses this, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda_fy04_m04-16/

12:19 HollyJ : I am having trouble figuring out what could happen if we don’t pay attention to this issue? What is the worst thing that can happen as these policies are develo

12:19 HollyJ : ed

12:19 Denise  SPN : Denise

12:22 Nicole Sauce : 12:04 Dave Williams : Can you talk about some of the Intellectual Property aspects of open source?

12:24 Nicole Sauce : Can you say the difference between Open Source and Open Standards, and why people are confusing these terms with Open Government?

12:26 Nicole Sauce : I was jsut asked by a county gov’t if there is “free transparency software” because they want to put their financial information online.

12:27 Nicole Sauce : How do we answer that they shoudl look at Total Cost of Ownership without scaring them?

12:30 Nicole Sauce : Next Episode – SEO 101 by Michael Van Winkle on Friday May 8, 12pm EST. YAY SEO!!!

12:31 Nicole Sauce : Sign up for Technology Policy Alerts by emailing williams@spn.org – subject line Tech Policy Alert

12:32 Nicole Sauce : washingtonpolicy.org

12:32 HollyJ : Thanks Carl!

12:32 TracieSharp : Thanks Carl – really helpful!

12:32 Nicole Sauce : YOU ROCK CARL!!

12:32 Laurel : Thanks, Carl!

12:32 Dave Williams : Excellent stuff!

12:32 TracieSharp : Carl for President!

12:32 Nicole Sauce : williams@son.org

12:32 RichardSDavis : Thank you, Carl, and thanks to New Media TV. I’m new to this and found the discussion helpful.

12:32 Nicole Sauce : spn.org

12:32 Nicole Sauce : YOU DID QUITE WELL

12:32 HollyJ : I’m glad you’re on the ALEC task force this year–woohoo!

12:33 Nicole Sauce : Archive will be up in 2 hours

Popularity: 17% [?]

Open Source vs Open Standards vs Open Government

Posted by nwilliams On April - 29 - 2009

New Media TV welcomes Carl Gipson from the Washington Policy center to talk about his recent white paper on government procurement practices today at 1pm EST.

Popularity: 19% [?]