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Yes We Scan Again! The Archives chats with voters on a “We the People” teleconference

February 6, 2012March 15, 2021 by dferriero, posted in Leadership, Open Government, Participation, Special Events

On January 10th, I blogged about the “Yes We Scan” petitions proposed by Carl Malamud’s PublicResource.org on the White House’s We The People petition platform. “Yes We Scan” calls for a national strategy, and even a Federal Scanning Commission, to figure out what it would take to digitize the holdings of many federal entities, from … Continue reading Yes We Scan Again! The Archives chats with voters on a “We the People” teleconference

“Yes We Scan”

January 10, 2012March 15, 2021 by dferriero, posted in Collaboration, Leadership, NARA Records, Open Government, Participation, Records Management

In September 2011, the White House launched an online petition web site, We the People, where anyone can post an idea asking the Obama administration to take action on a range of issues, get signatures, and get a response from their government. It’s an experiment in democracy, which is generating new ideas and improving on … Continue reading “Yes We Scan”