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• 1 Comments

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• BY: Russ Linden   |   January 13, 2010
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• 5 Comments

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• Promising social programs can fail. A simple framework can vet the ones doomed to failure and primed for success.

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• BY: William D. Eggers   |   December 16, 2009
• How the Obama administration's Open Government Directive can unlock government and open it up to citizens as never before.
• 1 Comments

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• 5 Comments

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• 4 Comments

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• BY: John D. Donahue   |   November 11, 2009
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• 3 Comments

• Go Ahead, Break a Rule
• BY: Bob Stone   |   November 4, 2009
• There can be unpleasant consequences, but sometimes it's the only way to get something important done.
• 8 Comments

• Making Sense from Information Overload
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• 1 Comments

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• 3 Comments

• The Difficult Path to Electronic Health Records
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