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IE Radio Welcomes Ellen Miller at 2 PM ET!

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On this fine Election Day here in the U.S. of A., we at Internet Evolution are excited to welcome Ellen Miller, founder and executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, to IE Radio for a discussion on all things governmental and transparetical. And we know you will want to be there as well.

To tune in at 2 p.m. ET, just click here: Ellen Miller, co-founder, Sunlight Foundation.

The Sunlight Foundation, for those who don't know, is a non-profit, non-partisan, Washington-based organization focused on harnessing the Internet to bring transparency and openness to government. Today we'll talk to Miller about how the Internet can change government (well... if it can), what challenges her organization is battling to bring openness to Washington, and whether she's satisfied with the efforts made by the Obama administration so far on the transparency front.

As always, we want you to do the democratic thing and participate in this discussion! Unlike the government, we're asking for your feedback/comments/questions and we actually want them! (Snicker.) We'll be taking your questions for Miller throughout the interview, and afterward she'll join us on the youChat message board running in parallel to the broadcast for a live chat with readers.

Yes. Get excited. But don't overexert yourself before 2 p.m.

To enjoy this experience to the fullest, just make sure you're registered and logged in before the broadcast.

Want to join us at 2 p.m.? Follow this link: Ellen Miller, co-founder, Sunlight Foundation.

We'll see you there!

— Nicole Ferraro, Site Editor, Internet Evolution

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