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A Standards Agenda For The Obama Administration

october - november 2008
Editor's Note

All for the Want of a (Standardized) Horseshoe Nail

With all of the challenges that await it, the Obama administration will need all of the help — and standards — it can get.
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Editorial

Technology, Innovation and the Challenge of the Missing Standards

Barack Obama has articulated a sophisticated and powerful technology-based agenda. But much of that agenda will require standards that either do not yet exist, or have not yet been implemented. The new administration will have to act quickly to fill the gap, and will need new strategies to make its standards ends meet.
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Policy

10 Standards Recommendations for the Obama Administration

Here are ten standards-based recommendations that can help Barack Obama keep the technology-based promises of his campaign.
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Feature Article

Behind the Curve: Addressing the Policy Depend-encies of a “Bottom Up” Standards Infrastructure

In contrast to many other nations, the United States employs a "bottom up" standards development process that is driven by industry rather than government. That system permits new products and services to be swiftly introduced into a competitive marketplace, but leaves government with little ability to address its own technology needs, or to advance standards-related policy goals. In this article, ...
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Standards Blog

The Lion in Winter — or is it Spring? Ted Kennedy Addresses the Democratic Convention

The surprise appearance at the Democratic convention of the legendary senator from Massachusetts supplied more than an emotional moment for the faithful. It also allowed a living witness to the idealism of the past to inspire those in the present to envision a future where great deeds could be done again.
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Consider This

All Politics are Tribal: the Myth of “One Citizen, One Vote”

If the concept of "one citizen, one vote" is such an irrefutable, inalienable standard of human rights, why do we fight so hard against it?
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Monday Witness

John McCain’s Elephant Man Moment

It's easy to get carried away in the heat of the moment of a closely contested campaign, whether you're the candidate or only one of the crowd. Now that the dust of the election has settled, it's time for us all to take a good look in the mirror and see if we like what we see.
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The Standards News Portal was launched in February of 2002. It's been updated on a daily basis ever since to bring you the most important news about standards, how they are created, and how they affect your business and your life. Now the Standards News Portal has a new clean look and additional tools to help you keep current on today's ...
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