iSolon.orgiSolon.orgIS_3751b01e-6df6-471b-91a6-12c988fe12d5The purpose of iSolon.org is to bring paradigm-changing ideas on the policy implications of new information technologies to the fore of public discussion. _8d90495d-81ba-4983-b5c1-718ba8aa61f5Accountability, Information Technology, and DemocracyStudy and analyze mechanisms to solve the conflict of interest confronting elected officials with respect to the use of new information technologies to make themselves more democratically accountable_cb840ec6-f737-43cc-842a-ac538091d8eaNew information technologies are creating great opportunities for democratic reform that are not being exploited because elected officials have a conflict of interest in using new information technologies to make themselves more democratically accountable. iSolon.org studies how that conflict plays out in the design of democratic institutions and analyzes mechanisms, including the use of Citizen Assemblies, to solve the conflict of interest problem. 2010-02-08http://isolon.org/ArthurColman (www.drybridge.com)colman@drybridge.com