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Coming up This Friday and Saturday: Tech@State

By Evan Smallberg | Nov 26, 2012

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This Friday features the Tech@State conference at the George Washington University, followed by the unconference hosted here at NDI. This year's topic is ElecTech, and looking at the…

The Day That Data Shook the World

By Evan Smallberg | Nov 19, 2012

Now that the elections are over, a number of articles have shown the amazing ways that information systems…

If an Election Falls in a Forest and No One Hears It...

By Chris Doten | Nov 15, 2012

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NDI works with the best citizen election monitoring teams in the world. As we've described in the past our partners are really good at getting…

Maps, Texts, and Video, Oh My! Following the road to crisis response and good governance through technology

By Lindsay Beck | Nov 14, 2012

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As technology closes the time between when events happen and when they are shared with the world, understanding what approaches and tools are the best solutions to implement in crisis response and good governance programs is increasingly…

Don't Forget to Vote Tomorrow!

By Evan Smallberg | Nov 05, 2012

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As you probably already know, tomorrow is the last day to vote in the Presidential elections in the US. As a organization that encourages citizens around the world, we would be amiss not to encourage you to go out and vote! As you've probably…

Tech for Elections: Telling a Compelling Story About an Election

By Jared Ford | Oct 30, 2012

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Beyond developing an effective organization and …

iLove iLab

By Chris Doten | Oct 23, 2012

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Liberia has one of the least-developed communication infrastructures in the world. Literacy is at roughly 60%. The nation is still recovering from one of…

Fish Bowl Technology: Making Governments More Transparent

By Evan Smallberg | Oct 22, 2012

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In case you have not already heard the news, there is a new blog in town! OpeningParliament.org, the site for the network of parliamentary monitoring organizations, will feature conversations and…