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by Lori Steele Contorer     Who's Coming to FiRe 2014?     KEVIN MONTGOMERY CEO, COLLABORATE.ORG PROVIDING THE   SNS Data Portal for all FiRe participants     2.2 M Data Layers - Plus Yours

In This Issue       Feature: Special Letter   The Second Internet Revolution: Bringing Democracy Up to Speed   Mobile and Messaging  in Democracy The Second Internet Revolution, and Real Change in Democracy $3.9 Billion on Outdated Election Technology Voting As a "Mission-Critical" Industry: A Business Concept Is Born The First Internet Revolution and Mobile Drive Adoption The First Security Challenge Raising the Bar of Security and Reliability for Mission-Critical Cloud Solutions Internet Security Is Not Enough The Reality of SaaS and Mobile in Elections Today What's Next?   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News...   How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

 

 And many others, including: Mark Hurd, Oracle;  Jon Myers, Graphene Technologies; Tom Taylor, Verizon; Ken Goldman, Yahoo; Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology; David Brin, Author and Physicist; Michael Sims, Moon Express; Barry Briggs, Microsoft; Vint Cerf, Google; Neal Stephenson, Author; Larry Smarr, Calit2/Qualcomm Institute and Healthcare Pioneer; Hugh Bradlow, Telstra; Marty Tenenbaum, Cancer Commons....

 

 

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Publisher's Note: Although most Americans probably missed it, many others outside the US took notice when the Carter Institute, the world's most respected arbiter of free and fair elections, failed to certify the Bush v. Gore 2000 presidential election. The US election system had fallen behind much of the rest of the democratic world in its most important political process.

 

This week's issue describes how we might bring elections and voting into the 21st century, enabling increased fairness and objectivity in the ongoing struggle for real democratic government. Everyone Counts has just been selected as a FiReStarter Company for 2014, and this is largely because of the vital need to get the voting process "right." The importance of egality, inclusion, and security in the election process is central to the process of democratic government. Getting this done is the prime focus behind the company.