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Open Government's Challenges, Pitfalls, And Skeptics
Dec 9, 2009
Posted by John Foley
When federal CTO Aneesh Chopra and federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive on Dec. 8, it marked the end of one long, drawn out process and the beginning of what's sure to be another. Good luck making it work.
Mayor Gavin Newsom: Role of Social in Govt (Part 3)
Dec 8, 2009
Posted by Fritz Nelson
In the final part of this three-part video interview series with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, we talked about the role of social networking, not just in winning a political race, but in ongoing government -- in building participation among citizens. He talks about his successes and failures, and what he's learned along the way.
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4G Long Term Evolution Service Launched
TeliaSonera's LTE mobile broadband commercial network in Stockholm is now the fastest and largest in the world.
TeliaSonera's LTE mobile broadband commercial network in Stockholm is now the fastest and largest in the world.
Enterprise Packages: Where Are They Headed?
This shift in the development and usage of business applications in large corporations began in the 1990s when enterprise packages arrived on the scene. The traditional way of developing an applicatio...
This shift in the development and usage of business applications in large corporations began in the 1990s when enterprise packages arrived on the scene. The traditional way of developing an applicatio...
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Microsoft Taps Into Open Government Market
December 15, 2009The software vendor is using Sharepoint, Bing, SQL, Azure, and other tools to seize a chunk of the open government market.
Chopra, Kundra Urge Efficiency Role For Government IT
December 10, 2009The Federal CIO and CTO tell Congress that transparency, efficiency efforts are beginning to pay dividends, but federal IT still needs to be more involved in business decisions.
TSA Breach Exposes PDF File Risk
December 9, 2009Simply blacking out information in a Portable Document Format file won't keep data from prying eyes.
Open Government Directive Tackles Data Quality
December 9, 2009The Obama administration will require federal agencies to take steps to improve the quality of their financial data.
Data.gov Heads For Overhaul
December 9, 2009The government is looking to make significant improvements to its open data repository, adding features for developers and consumers and prodding agencies to participate.
White House Issues Open Government Directive
December 8, 2009The Obama administration outlines steps that federal agencies must take to become more open, participatory, and collaborative, including release of "high value" data.
MIT Team Wins DARPA Network Challenge
December 7, 2009In a demonstration of social networking, MIT researchers used an inverse pyramid approach to locate the coordinates for 10 red balloons in less than nine hours.
Government Technologist: States As Cloud Service Providers
December 7, 2009As state CIOs devise cloud computing strategies, they must assess whether their teams can provide services with the same skill and efficiency as commercial providers.
VA Eyes Sweeping Tech Initiative
December 4, 2009Veterans Affairs is seeking input on a proposed IT contract that would cover the "entire spectrum" of systems and applications.
Bill Requires Treasury To Create TARP Database
December 3, 2009The House of Representatives is calling for the Treasury Department to build a standard, Web-accessible database of bank bailout information.
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