As a member of the Launch KC task force, Hasenzahl has a ringside seat.

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IETF's founders, to launch last year an Internet societal task force as a forum for deliberating social and economic issues thrown up by the spread of the Internet.

ECONOMIST: The consensus machine

Even if a contender were to launch a viable platform, it faces the almost insurmountable task of improving at a pace that keeps up with the positive feedback loops already established by iOS and Android.

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President Barack Obama kicked off the launch by signing a Presidential Memorandum creating the first ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity which will include the DPC, Office of the First Lady, Interior, USDA, HHS, Education, NEC and other agencies.

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