Notably, when we trace back through innovation history we remember that women made key code contributions towards our quantum leaps in technology.

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One of the most exciting prospects of open sourcing We the People is getting feedback, ideas and code contributions from the public.

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Last month the Federal Election Commission met to consider a proposal requiring these groups, called 527s for the section of the tax code that allows them to organize, to register their contributions and expenditures.

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While it's always hard to pin down the exact origins of an idea -- especially one like pulse-code modulation, where a number of parties were involved -- sifting out the large and significant contributions from the gold pan of history tends to bring up the same names time and again.

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At the heart of these funds' appeal is one of the tax code's best breaks, for people who want to donate: Givers get a full deduction for contributions of assets held for more than a year that have increased in value, while skipping capital-gains tax.

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