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NPTalk Turns to NPAction; New Features Added

We wish to thank everyone who supported NPTalk during its first four years. We are pleased to announce NPTalk's integration with NPAction, OMB Watch's online resource for nonprofit advocacy.
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Congress Reaches Compromise on Webcaster Royalty Payments
Over one month after reaching an in the House, the 107th Congress agreed on an alternate version of legislation designed to grant smaller webcasters a measure of protection with respect to royalty payments for copyrighted streaming media content. Read More

Talkin 'Bout My Digital Government...
While the capacity to engage citizens in greater civic participation and interaction with goverment, questions linger as to whether the willingness of citizens to engage through digital government, especially those at the margins-- like young people. Read More

Local Government and Online Citizen Interaction
The Internet and American Life Project, in conjunction with the National League of Cities-- a municipal organization consisting of 1,800 cities and towns, released a 10/2/02 report on how local officials use the Internet for dealing with constituents online. Read More

U.S. Department of Education Website Drops Record Number of Electronic Files
The U.S. Department of Education has caused a stir among educators, researchers, public interest groups, and libraries and information access/service providers with its decision to remove and deleter files from its websites, highlighting a conflicting set of interests buffeting federal agencies with respect to their online information. At risk are not only an extensive amount of news, information, and resources used by students, parents, teachers, and researchers, but also a vast amount of research and papers, a number of which provide commentary and counterpoint to past and present administrations' education goals, initiatives, and program performance. Read More


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