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Co-founder & Editor, Personal Democracy Forum

Micah L. Sifry is co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum, a website and annual conference that covers the ways technology is changing politics, and TechPresident.com, an award-winning group[…]

Micah Sifry Hopes Obama Can Meet High Expectations

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Co-founder & Editor, Personal Democracy Forum

Personal Democracy Forum’s Micah Sifry of the new president.

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