Slides from my “Citizen 2.0” Presentation at GTC East:
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“Citizen 2.0″ Presentation at Government Technology Conference East
Posted on September 29, 2009 by Andrew Hoppin
Using Social Media to Open Up Government
Posted on August 20, 2009 by Andrew Hoppin
Video of my presentation at the National Association of State Legislatures conference in Philadelphia July 21, 2009… Ironically, NCSL doesn’t permit the video to be embedded beyond their site, but click here to view it on theirs; my presentation starts at the 75:00 minute mark…
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NRN: Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration Part I
Posted on November 25, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
Long overdue, but here’s the video of the Progressive Space Policy panel I convened in August ’08 at Netroots Nation. Note: No audio till 12:30. First of two parts.
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NRN: Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration Part II
Posted on November 25, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
Part II of the Netroots Nation panel on Progressive NASA on 7/18/08…
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1.2 Million Fake Copies of New York Times Declare End of Iraq War
Posted on November 13, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
We need humor in these trying times– preferably didactic humor that gives us a new perspective or that makes us feel liberated and inspired. There are few clandestine organizations on Earth today who provide that too us as consistently and dramatically as The Yes Men. Thanks to them, 1.2 million copies of newspapers appearing to [...]
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Space Policy @ Netroots Nation: 2 events Friday the 18th in Austin
Posted on July 9, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
In addition to my reinventing government and science policy panels at Netroots Nation on Friday the 18th, I’ll be moderating the only space-related panel at Netroots Nation, entitled “Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration.” We have a great panel lineup– Chris Bowers of OpenLeft.com, George Whitesides of the National Space Society and [...]
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Announcing the Space Policy Panel at Netroots Nation / Yearly Kos
Posted on May 24, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
I’m very pleased to announce that for the first time, The Netroots Nation (Yearly Kos) Convention will feature a panel on space policy, July 18th or 19th in Austin, Texas. The panel, entitled, “Progressive NASA & Space Policy Under a New Administration,” is an opportunity to bring critical space policy issues to light within a [...]
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Space Policy Under an Obama Administration
Posted on February 29, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
(please post comments over at the new SpaceDemocrats.org thread instead of posting them here) Many space constituents are publicly critical of the Obama campaign for campaign rhetoric that is less overtly supportive of the status quo of the US space program than that of the Clinton or McCain campaigns. However, to this constituent of space, Obama’s [...]
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Possibly the most important video you’ll see this year: Lessig08
Posted on February 20, 2008 by Andrew Hoppin
Larry Lessig is considering running for Congress. The scale of change that Lessig in office could cause, I believe, is profound. His work to rid Congress of special interest influence within 8 years would leverage a “Crowdsourced Congressional Staff” of 10,000s. Unlike the Congressional staff I worked on during my year off after high school [...]
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