10 (Potentially) Cool Innovations from Government
The passing year has brought some technology and good ideas that just may improve the delivery of government services in the United States.
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Government That Listens First, Then Acts?
The Obama administration's tech czar wants a Silicon Valley value transplanted to the Beltway: customer experience design.
Is the House of Representatives Too Small?
The U.S. House of Representatives has been at 435 members since 1911, when the country was a third of its current population. Research suggests that districts may now be getting too big for adequate representation.
Warning Signs from Europe
The health plan wonderland of middle Europe has some issues of its own that Americans might factor into their own debate.
Obama Plan to Cap Health Insurance Overhead Flawed
Health insurance watchdogs in Oregon say the way regulators and the industry have analyzed administrative costs for decades are wrong. Will Obama and Congress listen?
Making a Plan and Not Sticking To It
When sick people change health plans, it can muck up the insurance market. A new paper suggests ways for fixing it.
Karl Marx and American Health Care
As the Germans and French have shown, a 'public option' for health insurance needn't give government a socialistic monopoly.
The Science of Good Government
The Obama administration talks a lot about making policy based on evidence rather than politics. A basic question remains unanswered: Which evidence?
Can You Run a Government With Prediction Markets?
Prediction markets aren't just for forecasting election outcomes, argues a law professor. They actually might be quite useful for all kinds of political and business decisions.