Recovery.gov Releases First Batch of Stimulus Reports

ProPublica a month ago Region: District of Columbia

The federal government today released the first batch of reports [1] detailing how recipients are spending the stimulus money. The reports cover the nearly 9,000 federal stimulus contracts awarded by the end of last month,... more

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In Citizen Journalism, Transparency Trumps Neutrality

Rachel Sterne 11 months ago Region: Taiwan

As citizen journalism evolves, both content and style are changing.  Instead of aspiring to-- or feigning-- objectivity the new new journalists are emphasizing transparency. These citizen journalists are changing the... more

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Palin Email Hacked on Wikileaks

Joe DeFranceschi a year ago Region: Alaska

Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin fell victim to Web hackers today as screenshots from her personal email account went public on wikileaks.org. A hacker group known as Annonymous claims responsib... more

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Recycling our politicians and intellectuals

Noakhali Barta 2 years ago Region: Bangladesh

After the last commentary about recycling the mobile handsets, some interesting, funny yet ironically relevant matters came to discussion. Can we recycle some of the political leaders who may contribute positively for the... more

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Bangladesh improves on its graft image about Corruption.

Noakhali Barta 2 years ago Region: Bangladesh

Bangladesh has dropped from the position of the 3rd most corrupt country to a tied position of the 7th most corrupt in this year's Transparency International (TI) world corruption perception index (CPI). But the country... more

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