This might be of interest for some of y'all! Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sweeney, Latanya" <latanya@gov.harvard.edu> > Subject: FTC Summer Research Fellowship Program > Date: April 15, 2014 8:59:45 PM EDT > To: "Sweeney, Latanya" <latanya@gov.harvard.edu> > > > Friends, > > I am pleased to launch the first Summer Research Fellowship program at the FTC. Please help me spread the work to your networks. A copy appears in text below and attached is a PDF version. Thanks. > > --LS > _____________________________________________________ > Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D. > Chief Technology Officer > U.S. Federal Trade Commission > > On leave from Harvard University > > 1737 Cambridge St, K310 Voice (617)496-3629 Fax (617)496-5149 > Cambridge, MA 02138 USA latanya@gov.harvard.edu > http://latanyasweeney.org/ > Twitter: @LatanyaSweeney > _____________________________________________________ > > Summer Research Fellowship Program 
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> > U.S. Federal Trade Commission > > The mission of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is “to prevent business practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers; to enhance informed consumer choice and public understanding of the competitive process; and to accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.” The Technology and Governance Research Fellowship Program is a 10-week program designed to give students hands on experience with work relevant to the FTC by assisting with real-work exploratory projects. Additionally, the FTC seeks to use this program to broaden its ability to understand and respond to current topics in technology. > > Qualifications > > 1. Must be a U.S. citizen > > 2. Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at a college, community college, or university (two-to-four year institution), having completed at least 2 undergraduate years. > > 3. Have an interest in government, technology, or computer science > > 4. Must possess strong written and oral communication skills > > > Timeline > > • This is a 10-week program (starting June 16) in the summer of 2014. > > • Fellows will be expected to work from approximately 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday-Friday > > • Applications must be received online via www.usajobs.gov > > > Salary/Benefits > > • Fellows are paid a competitive salary and expected to cover housing costs from this. Housing is not provided. > > • Fellows will be eligible for transit subsidy of up to $130 per month. > > • Round trip airfare ticket to and from school/ home is not provided. > > > How to Apply > > • Essay: Should be between 300-500 words in length explaining how this fellowship will complement your academic experience/goals. > > • Current Resume: Your resume should not exceed one page > > • Two Letters of Recommendations > > • Application: www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/367235400 > > > > > ------ My New Book: "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" Order it now! http://bit.ly/dmbItsComplicated (pretty please) "taken out of context / i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.danah.org/ || @zephoria ------ My New Book: "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" Order it now! http://bit.ly/dmbItsComplicated (pretty please) "taken out of context / i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.danah.org/ || @zephoria

Hi everyone Apologies if you have seen this announcement before. cheers, Mathieu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The editors are pleased to announce the publication of Issue #4 of the Journal of Peer Production on the topic of Currency and Value. All of the issue content is freely available at: http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-4-value-and-currency/ THE JOURNAL OF PEER PRODUCTION ISSUE #4: CURRENCY AND VALUE Editorial Notes by Nathaniel Tkacz, Nicolas Mendoza and Francesca Musiani PEER REVIEWED PAPERS 'Karma, precious Karma!' Karmawhoring on Reddit and the Front Page's Econometrisation by Annika Richterich The Paradoxes of Distributed Trust: Peer-to-Peer Architecture and User Confidence in Bitcoin by Alexandre Mallard, C?cile M?adel and Francesca Musiani The Politics of Cryptography: Bitcoin and the Ordering Machines by Quinn DuPont Reproducing Wealth Without Money, One 3D Printer at a Time by Johan S?derberg INVITED COMMENTS Why Contractors Make More Money Than Employees by Amir Taaki Can Bitcoin Compete with Money? by Beat Weber Towards the Democratization of the Means of Monetization: The Three Competing Value Models Present Within Cognitive Capitalism by Michel Bauwens Between Copyleft and Copyfarleft: Advance Reciprocity for the Commons by Miguel Said Vieira & Primavera De Filippi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=?