Submission + - Shameless Microsoft plugging for ARRA IT dollars
The National Academy of Public Administration (http://www.napawash.org/) has sponsored a free and open discussion about IT approaches and solutions at http://www.thenationaldialogue.org./ While there are some genuinely free and open discussions (e.g., Citability — http://www.thenationaldialogue.org/ideas/citability-org-making-govt-documentation-web-citable-to-a-paragraph-level), there's also some pretty shameless self-plugging going on there. Check out the suggestion called "Use the tools you know and the software you trust " at http://www.thenationaldialogue.org/ideas/use-the-tools-you-know-and-the-software-you-trust.
While the posting itself is a fairly honest, straightforward sales pitch, the comments are obviously slanted ("Stimulus 360 is an incredible solution that is taking off rapidly.", "I'm encouraged by this opportunity to evaluate Stimulus360 even further.", "I am thrilled that Microsoft has released an end to end solution") and in some cases misleading ("Microsoft is not charging for the Stimulus360 solution!").
Full disclosure: I work for the IT department of a small State government. We were pitched the Microsoft solution two weeks ago and I found it less thrilling than these posters."