Ok, Mr. President…fulfill your technological promises! I am very excited about some of his proposals, especially in regards to government information transparency and access.
Mashable.com posted “A Final Look at Presidential Technology Policy” earlier this week and they had this to say about Obama vs. McCain’s plans:
Rather than focusing on anti-trust and and subsidies, as Barack Obama intends to do, what would be better would be focusing on creating an environment where corporate taxes were lowered, and other tax incentives were emphasized for start-ups who focus on better information infrastructure. Senator McCain’s tax plan is moderately favorable towards this theory, though it is likely simply a coincidence convenient to this argument rather than a well thought out technology policy.
When it comes to the basics, both presidential candidates are generally on the right track, and are generally in agreement as well. I’ve outlined above where they differ, though, and I think history has shown that Barack Obama’s desired policy directions would be more detrimental to innovation and growth for the tech sector.
Interesting that they believe Obama’s desired policies may be detrimental to technology. I’m not well versed enough on the issues of Broadband/Anti-trust & subsidies to know whether or not I agree. What do you think?
Mashable also has a great blog post on “Government 2.0: The Presidential Transition“. I agree with the author’s sentiment that the new President must look to the needs of the entire nation, and we need to giver our input too.
…citizens should be engaged in the transition process,…In an increasingly fragmented media and information society, that level of engagement requires more than a press release and newspaper coverage. It means full multimedia engagement using blogging, speeches, informal gatherings, mobile technologies, podcasts, online video, and widgets. The outreach should also use social tools that allow bidirectional conversation, increasing citizen participation and interest in government.
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