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Mumar Ghadaffi had avoided the U.N. for 40 years, but yesterday he came with a few things to say especially to the Security Council. He said, the "the Security Council is security feudalism, political feudalism for those who have a permanent seat protected and they that use it against us. It should not be called the Security Council. It should be called the terror council." The reference to terrorism raised a lot of eyebrows considering his history and involvement with terrorism.

Tags: technology , Pentagon , Security Council , Mumar Ghadaffi ,

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

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Obama seeks more public input on open gov plan

President Barack Obama has proposed an open government plan that includes more streamlined responses to FOIA requests, digital record management, a revamped regulations.gov and new measures to promote public participation in government. He presented the plan at a meeting of the international Open Government Partnership in New York.

Tags: technology , Barack Obama , open government partnership , Emily Kopp , transparency , open government , FOIA , Regulations.gov

Tuesday - 09/20/2011, 04:22pm EDT

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Anonymous US officials push open government

Obama administration officials are talking up open government, transparency and accountability, but are doing it anonymously in apparent contradiction of the goal.

Tags: open gov , open government partnership

Tuesday - 09/20/2011, 04:38am EDT

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