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reportMay 28, 2010

Lessons and Highlights from the Gov 2.0 Expo

The Gov 2.0 Expo was a smorgasbord of policy, technology, and citizen engagement. Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox share their notes.
presentationMay 20, 2010

Leveraging Social Media and the Mobile Internet in Health Messaging

A synthesis of the Pew Internet Project’s most recent research related to health and the participatory news consumer.
reportMay 18, 2010

Public’s Priorities, Financial Regs

Overview The public views tougher regulations on financial institutions as an important priority for Congress, but far more want Congress to take action on the job situation and energy policy. In thinking about financial regulation, as many say they worry that the government will go too far in regulating financial markets, making it harder for […]
reportMay 18, 2010

Explaining racial differences in attitudes towards government use of social media

How do we explain the disparity between African-Americans’ and Hispanics’ views of the importance of government social media versus whites?
reportMay 12, 2010

About the Survey

Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a national sample of 994 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from May 6-9, 2010 (662 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 332 were interviewed on […]
reportMay 12, 2010

Broad Approval For New Arizona Immigration Law

Overview The public broadly supports a new Arizona law aimed at dealing with illegal immigration and the law’s provisions giving police increased powers to stop and detain people who are suspected of being in the country illegally. Fully 73% say they approve of requiring people to produce documents verifying their legal status if police ask […]
reportMay 5, 2010

The Power of Data and the Power of One

If someone is motivated enough to dig, interested enough to analyze, and knowledgeable enough about their chosen topic to see data with fresh eyes, they can start a revolution…
fact sheetApr 29, 2010

Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law

More Americans believe that Hispanics are the targets of a lot of discrimination in American society than say the same about any other major racial or ethnic group, according to a survey taken prior to the enactment of an immigration enforcement law by the state of Arizona.
fact sheetApr 28, 2010

High Court Decision in Salazar v. Buono

The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered the removal of a cross from a World War I memorial located in California’s Mojave National Preserve. Prior to the high court’s decision in this case, Salazar v. Buono, a federal district court had ruled that allowing the eight-foot-tall cross to remain […]
reportApr 27, 2010

Government Online

The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information.