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Note to conservatives: You should be fans of passenger rail! (Am. Thinker) Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s transportation record becomes fodder for his foes (Politico) Are federal stimulus dollars working for minority contractors in Illinois? (CPR) D.C.’s real-time government data-sharing wins a Harvard award … (WaPo) … but does Harvard know about the city’s grim record … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:48 AM EDT on September 15, 2009

Note to conservatives: You should be fans of passenger rail! (Am. Thinker)
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s transportation record becomes fodder for his foes (Politico)
Are federal stimulus dollars working for minority contractors in Illinois? (CPR)
D.C.’s real-time government data-sharing wins a Harvard award … (WaPo)
… but does Harvard know about the city’s grim record on transit data-sharing? (EFF)

Elana Schor

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