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The Center for Democracy and
Technology 
Welcome to the online edition
of the
Progressive Populist, a newspaper that believes people
are more important than corporations.
The Center for Democracy and
Technology
Entropy Gradient
Reversals
The website of Dr. Jose Luis
Pardos
The Democratic Leadership
Council
The Alta Vista Search
Engine is a fast web indexer with a huge database.
Abbington Village is a
charming online rendition of a small New England village, complete with
farmers' market, general store, and antique shops. Stroll along the
streets and take in the sites. Learn about the area's history. Or stop by
the online visitors' center, where you'll find travel information on the
states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
Rhode Island. Best of all, you'll have the place all to yourself. No
tourists. No crowds.
The Center For Democracy and
Technology is a non-profit public interest organization based
in Washington DC. The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public
policies that advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic values
in new computer and communications technologies.
The Congressional
Mailer is Clara Vista Corporation's effort to make accessing
our representatives in Congress easier.
- Project 2000
is a five-year sponsored research effort devoted to the scholarly and
rigorous investigation of the marketing implications of commercializing
hypermedia computer-mediated environments (CMEs) like the World Wide Web
and other emerging electronic environments.
Professor Gigabyte's
Gateways to Infinity
Democracy Place,
USA is your town. Visit the town square to learn about the
issue of the week, or check out the radio stations, TV stations, and
newspapers to catch up with the rest of the news. Don't forget to stop by
the barber shop to find out about current public opinions and the cafi to
talk things over with the rest of the community.
The Morino Institute is
dedicated to opening the doors of opportunity - economic, civic, health,
and education - and empowering people to improve their lives and
communities in the Communications Age.
The Smart Valley vision is to
create an electronic community by developing an advanced information
infrastructure and the collective ability to use it.
Point Communications -
Top 10 Sites
The Xerox
Dynamics of Computation site. The Dynamics of Computation
Area's research focuses on the relation between the local actions and the
global behavior of large distributed systems, both social and
computational. Examples of these systems are provided by distributed
information processing, large heuristic searches, ecologies, social
organizations and markets.
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) Homesites
- Eric
Loeb's explanation of Optimization and Public Policy
- Mark
Bonchek's Political Participation Project
The
Bootstrap Institute has targeted collaborative knowledge work
as a high-leverage and strategic first step for aggressive improvement.
Distributed teams that can coordinate their work online using highly
evolved tools and methods would be increasingly faster and smarter at
identifying needs and opportunities, designing and deploying solutions,
and incorporating lessons learned.
An Online Connection to the US Capitol and
Legislation
Last Updated: 28 Oct 98