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Douche Of The Week 08.14.08
http://sgt-turnkey.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 08/ douche-of-week-081408.htmlThe Winner: Josephine Sunshine Overaker The Reason: Saving the earth by blowing stuff up. Under the cover of darkness on an October evening in 1996, Josephine Sunshine Overaker began her life as an eco-terrorist, officials said.
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Electoral Sunshine
http://sunshineweek.blogs.com/ my_weblog/ 2008/ 08/ electoral-sunsh.htmlFrom North Carolina and Washington come two effective examples of how candidates at all levels of government — national, state and local — can be held accountable for their positions regarding government transparency and public access to information.
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John Washburn: We knew him when.
http://openrecords.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 08/ 13/ john-washburn-we-knew-him-when/Yes, friend, blogger and one of our fav STOTWs John Washburn has moved right out of our league. In September, John is being honored with the James Madison Award presented each year by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas for his: …nationwide efforts on behalf of open government, including,
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Brian Keesee: Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week
http://openrecords.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 08/ 07/ brian-keesee-sunshine-troublemak…Brian Keesee, of Oak Island, North Carolina is this week’s Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week. Keesee is a building contractor. In September 2007, he asked the town for records of city staff members about a construction project.
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Congress A-Twitter Over Online Rules
http://sunshineweek.blogs.com/ my_weblog/ 2008/ 07/ congress-a-twit.htmlThe Sunlight Foundation has launched the "Let Our Congress Tweet" project urging Congress to reconsider rules against members posting to third-party Web sites, such as Twitter. As an article in Ars Technica explained, there's been a debate in the House of Representatives over rules that prohibit members from posting to any service other than the house.gov domain.
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Letters on Open Government Published Online
http://sunshineweek.blogs.com/ my_weblog/ 2008/ 07/ letters-on-open.htmlSunshine Week and PublishaLetter.com — a new Web site that helps people submit letters to the editors of newspapers around the world — have partnered to give the public an opportunity to write letters in an online round-table about open government issues.
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Winning Essay on Candidates' Medical Records Selected
http://sunshineweek.blogs.com/ my_weblog/ 2008/ 07/ winning-essay-o.htmlDorothy Skinner is the winner of the Sunshine Week Citizen Journalism Award for June for her essay posted on Helium.com addressing the issue of whether presidential candidates should be required to release their medical records.
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Carolina Forest Chronicle: Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week
http://openrecords.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 07/ 10/ carolina-forest-chronicle-sunshi…Here at SSOR, we are breaking our rule that the coveted and increasingly prestigious Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week is for ordinary citizens, as opposed to the hardworking members of the fourth estate. We figure that ordinary citizens have an even harder time getting public documents than members of the regular press.
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Get LinkedIn to Sunshine Week
http://sunshineweek.blogs.com/ my_weblog/ 2008/ 07/ get-linkedin-to.htmlThe newest way to show your commitment to open government and Freedom of Information is by joining the Sunshine Week group on the social networking site LinkedIn. Joining the group will introduce you to other members with similar interests, enabling additional outreach and contact opportunities using the LinkedIn social network.
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It appears the Ron Paul wing has scored it’s first victory
http://politikly.com/ 2008/ 06/ 15/ it-appears-the-ron-paul-wing-has-scored-its-…SANDPOINT — “… The state party’s platform committee voted overwhelmingly Friday to add to state platform language supporting abolishing the Federal Reserve System and pegging the dollar to gold and silver.” The motion failed overwhelmingly, but not before an acrimonious discussion that had motion
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