First discussion was over a newly released paper on Best Practices for Political Advertising. I've already spoken with the Yahoo end of this, and I hope to have something from Google pretty soon.
Also, a thank you to Andrew Noyes at National Journal for the shout-out. Here's part of what he had to say:
The opening panel was moderated by Ari Schwartz from CDT, featuring among others, former Rep. Rick White, who agreed with many of my statements regarding the relationship between Technology and DC, and may have even heard of us here at CV. The topic was how the next President will use technology, and if it will help improve democracy. The consensus among the panel was that sunshine is always the best policy, and that the more information is available the better, assuming the design is good. I hope to have Rep. White and Mr. Schwartz in this space at some point, as well as many of the other wonderful people I've spoken to today.
Another great guy I talked to was President Bush's former Webmaster, David Almacy. Almacy is now at Waggener Edstrom PR, which represents Microsoft, among others. He was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking to me about the difference between Whitehouse.com and Whitehouse.gov, as well as the role of the Web in providing transparency in government:
Also, a thank you to Andrew Noyes at National Journal for the shout-out. Here's part of what he had to say:
The guys over at the Capitol Valley blog must have been seriously caffeinated Tuesday because they churned out a ton of content from the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet's summit (On several occasions authorAndrew Feinberg was snapping photos like a paparazzo who had just witnessed Britney's emergence from the psych ward).
If you like it, we'll keep it coming. Just let us know. Thanks!
More to come today, especially after the keynote. Hope you're enjoying the coverage.
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