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News and Notes Roundup - 12/28/2015
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Here it is, folks! The LAST News & Notes Roundup of the year. Come one, come all, and close out 2015 on a great note with this week’s slate of development!
Allow us…
Read MoreNews and Notes Roundup - 12/21/2015
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Good morning, Planet Earth! We may have an abridged week here at NDI, but we’re still giving you your News & Notes Roundup!
It’s an occasion to celebrate today as the…
Read MoreThe DemTools Are Yours Now: A Retrospective
We did it and what a crazy ride it’s been! Yesterday at the Carnegie Library, we unveiled DemTools 2.0, our revamped suite of tools designed to provide user-friendly, scalable solutions for common democratic problems. Now that our tools…
Read MoreDemTools 2.0 - Petitions
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Communication between citizens and their government is crucial for the kind of inclusive decision-making and collective deliberation that helps democracy deliver. One such form of communication involves petitioning government to address…
Read MoreDemTools 2.0 - FixMyCommunity
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The availability of communication channels for raising public issues to elected official are far and few between for many citizens around the world. Government institutions often don’t have an easy way to identify these…
Read MoreDemTools 2.0 - Elections
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Elections are an essential component of any functioning democracy, but to be credible they must be free and fair and represent the will of the voters. Citizen observation groups or political parties can provide an important, independent…
Read MoreDemTools 2.0 - DKAN
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Managing huge open data sets can be a huge challenge. DKAN, build by nuCivic, is an open source web application for storing, cataloguing, publishing, and visualizing data that makes it a lot easier…
Read MoreYou’re Invited! - 21st Century Technology: Transforming Global Politics
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DemTools: Cultivating Democracy
On December 9, NDI will unveil DemTools 2.0, which upgrades and expands NDI’s existing suite of tools that promote democratic practices through the Internet, along with three innovative new applications for managing government petitions…
Read MoreDemTools 2.0 - Issues
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A democratic society is predicated on the vision that voters choose leaders based on who has the best solutions to the most pressing issues faced by their community. However, too often the core questions at play in an election are obscured by…
Read MoreNews & Notes Roundup 11/23/2015
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Another beautiful Monday to you, fabulous readers! This week’s roundup is here to kick off your abbreviated week right.
Last Friday was Universal Children’s Day,…
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