National

1. Election-law Crackdown Should wait, Feds Told (News.com)
   Witnesses testifying before the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday said campaign finance rules should not be extended to the Internet until there's actual evidence of online corruption or abuses. (June  30, 2005)
   
   
2. Election Officials Examine Blogs' Role In Campaigns (Star Tribune)
   Is the Internet breathing new life into democracy by empowering citizens to air political opinions, or will it morph into a zillion-gigabyte loophole that unravels campaign finance reform? (June  30, 2005)
   
   
3. FEC Debates Blog Rules (Fox News)
   The Federal Election Commission says Web logs just might be a threat to democracy and it's considering whether to police them. (June  30, 2005)
   
   
4. Bush Touts Website To Back Troops (Chicago Tribune)
   As President Bush concluded his address to the nation Tuesday evening, after imploring Americans yet again for their patience and resolve in the war in Iraq, he turned to a new device to make his case. (June  30, 2005)
   
   
5. E-gov Faces Budget Cuts (Federal Computer Week)
   It's not officially summer until Congress cuts the Office of Management and Budget's e-government funding request. (June  29, 2005)

International

1. Local Democracy - Keeping Voters Engaged (eGov Monitor)
   Findings from the Local e-Democracy National Project show the big challenge now for local politicians is to get closer to the electorate and keep voters interested in local issues. (June  30, 2005)
   
   
2. STC, Mobily Launch Subscriber Locating Services (ArabNews)
   In the continuing battle to be first, both the Kingdom’s mobile telephone service providers have launched subscriber locating services. (June  29, 2005)
   
   
3. G8 Summit: As Bloggers Will See It (Inter Press Service News Agency)
   For news on the summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations, Red Pepper, the British magazine "of the green and radical left," is inviting people around the world to forget the usual media channels and turn to coverage by its "grassroots writers" instead. (June  28, 2005)