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Change.gov Using Google Moderator

Change.gov, website for US president-to-be Barack Obama’s transition team, has added a way to ask questions and vote on questions... using the Google Moderator tool released to the public earlier this year (change.gov frame-embeds a page at moderator.change.gov).

NY gov proposes tax on drinks, downloaded music

Gov. David Paterson's first state budget threatens to affect just about every New Yorker. Even those online.

New York Gov. Proposes 'iPod Tax'

Gov. David Paterson's first state budget threatens to affect just about every New Yorker. Even those online.

NY gov proposes tax on drinks, downloaded music

New York Gov. David Paterson speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Caroline Kennedy has told Paterson that she's interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her the highest-profile candidate to express a desire for the job. (AP Photo)

BOJ Gov: Strong Yen One Factor Behind Policy Change

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Friday that the recent appreciation in the yen was one of the factors that drove the BOJ to cut its key interest rate to 0.1%.

BOJ Gov Will Keep Eye On Forex Impact On Overall Econ (DJ)

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa Wednesday expressed caution over the impact of foreign exchange volatility on overall economic activity, and held out the possibility of intervention.

BOJ Gov Shirakawa Visiting US, To Attend G30 Meeting

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa is visiting the U.S. from Thursday until Dec. 8, the central bank said.

Change.gov Uses Google Moderator System

GMonkeyLouie writes "The website for President-elect Obama's transition team, Change.gov, has unveiled a section called Open for Questions, which lets users submit questions and vote them up or down, in an effort to let the collaborative mind produce the questions that are the most important to the American populace (or at least the web-savvy portion). The page is powered by Google Moderator. It was unveiled yesterday, and CNet reports that when they went to post last night, '159,890 had voted on 1,986 questions from 3,255 people.'"

Illinois Gov. Blagojevich arrested by FBI

LIVE MSNBC-TV: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Robert Grant, of the Chicago FBI office, hold a press conference to discuss charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

BRIEF-NJ Gov. Jon Corzine says bank capital injections not helping mortgage problem

Dec 8 (Reuters) - New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine told the Office of Thrift Supervision's National Housing Forum:

Second City acts fast after arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich

The stunning arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday is good news for business at The Second City, Chicago's leading comedy theater.

Why so serious, gov?

Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update segment that aired Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Poking fun at Gov. Paterson and his vision handicap.

Obama team changes Change.gov copyright policy

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has licensed the site Change.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, giving visitors more freedom to use content from the site.

Obama continues Google-enabled gov't push on transition site

Like his campaign apparatus, President Elect Barack Obama's transition team is embracing what some have called a Google-enabled government by loosening copyright licensing on its Change.gov Web site and by launching a feature that allows citizens to contribute to policy discussions.

Obama continues Google-enabled gov't push on transition site

Like his campaign apparatus, President Elect Barack Obama's transition team is embracing what some have called a Google-enabled government by loosening copyright licensing on its Change.gov Web site and by launching a feature that allows citizens to contribute to policy discussions.

Ex-eBay CEO Whitman eyes run for California gov.

Ex-eBay CEO Whitman eyes run for California gov. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=387114&type=World

FASTTAKES: Orascom, Vmax Telecom, IDC, US Trade Comm., Chinese gov't, Yahoo, BPL Mobile, ZTE, EasyCall

FASTTAKES: Orascom, Vmax Telecom, IDC, US Trade Comm., Chinese gov't, Yahoo, BPL Mobile, ZTE, EasyCall

New Online Recreation Registration Renewal Service at http://www.idaho.gov Saves Time for Customers

BOISE, Idaho (Business Wire) -- The Gem State's snowmobile and boat registration renewal process just became more convenient thanks to a new online service accessible from Idaho's official Web site, http://www.idaho.gov.

Gov aims to extend dead artists' royalty denial

The Government has asked the European Commission for permission to continue to deny dead artists' estates a royalty on art sales. It has sided with the art sale industry over artists in seeking to extend the denial of the royalty until 2012.


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