| Excerpt: | In this eighth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Samantha Boucher, CEO and Co-Founder of Shire, a digital organizing platform, to discuss smart organizing strategies, engaging volunteers, and how to make campaign tools more accessible for the new generation of voters. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, August 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Events |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Category Archives: Technology
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking about tech for volunteers with Samantha Boucher
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking utilizing technology in organizing with Brian T. Smith
| Excerpt: | In this fifth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Brian T. Smith about his organization's new social network, Unified. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Friday, August 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Events, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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President Biden signs CHIPS and Science bill crafted by Washington’s own Maria Cantwell
| Excerpt: | Senator Cantwell does the grunt work of governing. She has repeatedly pulled progress out of a balky, divided body. She was able to get a Republican-controlled Senate to permanently authorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Teaming with Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. On Tuesday, August 9th, she was right next to President Joe Biden as he signed into law a key bill she steered across the finish line to keep America technologically competitive. |
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| Published at: | 4:13 PM on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Data Science |
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Trump’s Republicans to American families: Don’t count on us when the CHIPS are down!
| Excerpt: | After mostly voting against the CHIPS and Science Act, Republicans used their legislation blocking powers to hold up a bill to help veterans that they'd already previously voted for, while claiming their behavior had nothing to do with the Schumer-Manchin Inflation Reduction Act breakthrough. |
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| Published at: | 1:13 PM on Friday, July 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Data Science, Drones & Robotics |
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Help AG Bob Ferguson track down sources of illegal robocalls and telemarketing scams
| Excerpt: | “Robocalls are more than just annoying – they can also be illegal,” said Attorney General Bob Ferguson. “Many of our cases are based on tips we receive from Washingtonians. If robocalls are harassing you, please file a complaint with my office.” |
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| Published at: | 5:42 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Cybersecurity Advice, Fraud Prevention |
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Right to repair heads to House floor; Sound Transit revenue bill goes to Senate Rules
| Excerpt: | Two NPI priority bills are on the move in the Washington State Legislature, with one week left to go until the 2022 chamber of origin cutoff arrives. |
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| Published at: | 11:47 AM on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Transportation |
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Washingtonians overwhelmingly favor right to repair bill for electronics, NPI poll finds
| Excerpt: | 69% of likely 2022 voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI about two months ago said they were supportive of a bill introduced by Mia Gregerson (House Bill 1810) that aims to promote "the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic products in a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable manner." |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Thursday, January 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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Media coverage of BlackBerry’s end of support for legacy mobile services high on nostalgia, but low on accuracy and precision
| Excerpt: | Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality. |
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| Published at: | 1:58 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Media Criticism |
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Federal, state governments allege Facebook is an illegal monopoly in major antitrust case
| Excerpt: | Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook. |
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| Published at: | 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business |
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?
| Excerpt: | Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny. |
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| Published at: | 10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness, Privacy |
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Book Review: “Dawn of the Code War” looks at the modern age’s cyber battlegrounds
| Excerpt: | Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff's book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Monday, June 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Books, Hacking |
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Massive unemployment fraud reminds us that online signature gathering is a terrible idea
| Excerpt: | The last thing anyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy should want to do is lessen public confidence in elections, which is exactly what would happen if online signature gathering were to be permitted. |
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| Published at: | 1:30 PM on Monday, May 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Signature Requirements, WA-Ballot |
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Elon Musk takes over Twitter after reportedly completing acquisition, begins firing people