Re: National Dialogue to Improve Federal Web Sites

Sure Tim.� Hyper-technically, Time Zones, Pole to Pole, mask the variation in the duration of sunlight between a Pole and the equator.� IT can identify the boundaries for Policy Makers, and I think it's high time we did.

Background: 
Google's 'addition trick' to smooth over leap seconds actually dates from the 16th Century or so, and the formalization of Finance.� Leap Days cause the same problem for Banking as Leap Seconds cause for Computer Networks.� The methods of Integral Calculus push all Leap Days to the end of time.� So Economic Policy can be based upon more sophisticated maths, but only if time is the sole parameter, and time is a function of longitude.� Social Policy is based upon other parameters: seasonal farm work, for example, which depend upon latitude.� Networks can be manipulated, but humans can't be taught to do without sleep.� A sustainable Social and Economic Policy must view each citizen with two roles, producer and consumer.� This is a doubly important (security) consideration when gadgets, for play, and tools, for work connect to the same network.

--Gannon




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From: Tim McNamara <paperless@timmcnamara.co.nz>
To: Gannon Dick <gannon_dick@yahoo.com>
Cc: Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org>; W3C eGov Interest Group (All) <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: National Dialogue to Improve Federal Web Sites

Gannon-

Are you able to please expand on what you mean by longitudinal and
latitudinal? You seem to be using those terms in a technical sense
that I'm unfamiliar with.


On 20 September 2011 04:24, Gannon Dick <gannon_dick@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Sharron,
> Your "National Dialog" link doesn't work.
> I'd like to make a general comment about the nature of Government Data:
> 1. Data can be persistent or predictive.� Cutting waste is not defunding
> with the one you aren't using that particular moment.� Open Data and Linked
> Data both refer to the study of the behavior of both predictive and
> persistent types.
> 2. Economic data is longitudinal.� Every millisecond receives a great deal
> of attention [1].� Data useful for Public Policy is
 latitudinal.� It
> receives almost no attention [2].� For example, Arizona does not observe
> Daylight Saving Time and yet Mexico City does.� This is a Labor Policy
> issue, not an Economic Policy issue.� My point is simply that the use of
> Economic Policy as a one-size-fits-all substitute for Public Policy is not a
> viable Technology Policy.
>
>
> [1]
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/time-technology-and-leaping-seconds.html
> [2] http://tinyurl.com/white-nights-forever
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org>
> To: W3C eGov Interest Group
 (All) <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:00 PM
> Subject: National Dialogue to Improve Federal Web Sites
>
> As part of President Obama's Campaign to Cut Waste, the federal government
> has launched an initiative to streamline and improve agency websites.� From
> an accessibility standpoint, this is terrific news and a welcome effort!
> But from an Open Data persepctive, it's a great opportunity as well.
> Leaders of the gov Reform Task Force� have invited citizen Catalysts -
> including Annetta Cheek, Craig Newmark, Steve Krug, Vanessa Fox, Lee Vann,
> Ed Mullen, Candi Harrison and others - to "spur and deepen the discussion."
> In other words, they want all of us to encourage peers from specific
> communities of online practice to contribute to open, honest
 dialogue.
> Discussions will lead to improvements in the usefulness of web sites and web
> based services of US Federal government agencies. � The Task Force really
> wants to hear from citizens about what we need and what we want from dot gov
> domains.� For two weeks, starting Monday, September 19, at 2 p.m. ET and
> closing on Friday September 30th, the task force will conduct The National
> Dialogue on Improving Federal Websites.� Catalyst participants listed above
> will lead a series of discussions on various specific aspects of the
> redesign challenge.� Your voices are needed.
> Best,
> Sharron
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