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Development by Davis: “Solutions for government agencies to empower citizens” plus 2 more

Solutions for government agencies to empower citizens
Why the public domain matters
SwitchPoint Conference to gather innovators in global health

Solutions for government agencies to empower citizens

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Meet Kris Trujillo, Senior Software Architect at Accela. I met Trujillo at last year's CityCamp Colorado and was curious about how Accela is advancing the open government movement with their software. I was impressed to learn about some of their solutions aimed at government agencies and how those solutions help to provide transparency into government processes and civic information.

Why the public domain matters

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT

[The public domain] is the basis of our self-understanding as expressed by our shared knowledge and culture. It is the raw material from which new knowledge is derived and new cultural works are created. [..] Having a healthy and thriving Public Domain is essential to the social and economic well-being of our societies."

—from The Public Domain Manifesto

The Public Domain Review is a proponent of this message and actively supports other institutions in opening up their digital works to the public domain. Today, the public domain is in danger of being locked up by private companies and institutions who want to try to resell access and reproduction rights to the copies that they make.

SwitchPoint Conference to gather innovators in global health

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT

The 2nd annual SwitchPoint Conference approaches this month in North Carolina, gathering innovators from across industries to discuss increasing global health equity. (Read Michael Tiemann's keynote from last year's SwitchPoint.) This year's more than 40 presenters include:

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