"On Tuesday, Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, unveiled Apps.Gov, a Web site where federal agencies will able to buy so-called cloud computing applications and services that have been approved by the government to replace more costly and cumbersome computing services at their own locations."
The same thing or a variant thereof, can be done on Long Island (and New York).
This is one of the ideas we are promoting with a Long Island "Open Code" Library and the Long Island "Cloud" Project, not only as a means for government to work more effectively, but for citizens to have access to the tools they require to more effectively participate in information exchange, self governance and verifiable news and information.
This idea gains even more currency with the push for a new constitutional convention in New York.
Without the "tools" required for participation, regular citizens will be effectively shut out from meaningful participation by better organized special interests and the established media.
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