Google offers tips for minimizing the risk of its new privacy changes, but experts still caution federal users.
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Analysis shows cloud computing adoption is growing globally, with the U.S. spending the most on cloud-based solutions and services.
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Twitter is easy for federal agencies to sign up for, but who should you follow? For federal agency managers using agency accounts, it's not as simple a question as it seems.
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 6:47pm -

New policies concerning Google's collection and use of user data should have feds taking a close look at their use of the company's services.
- 2 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 8:31pm -

Some technology standbys will get their walking papers this year.
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White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra released the following statement Friday afternoon after news broke that he's stepping down:
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:57pm -

Over at Huffington Post, Bianca Bosker reports on a growing group of Twitter users who plan to stop using Twitter for a full day tomorrow in protest against company's newly announced ability to censor different tweets in different countries:
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Over at FedScoop, Luke Fretwell reports that Aneesh Chopra will step down from his position as White House Chief Technology Officer.Fretwell, in a scoop that the Washington Post later followed:
- 11 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:46pm -

Yesterday, to the howls of many, Twitter announced that is launching country-specific versions of its platform, and with them the ability to selectively censor tweets based on the laws of a given country.
- 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:51pm -

US Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James has ruled that Ron Paul's campaign cannot force Twitter and Youtube to reveal details about "NHLiberty4Paul," a user whom the Paul campaign is accusing…
- 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:10pm -

Twitter says functionality aims to help the company better respond to legal requirements. What restrictions already exist and what's next?
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:08pm -

Chopra, the first person to hold the federal CTO post and a strong voice behind Obama administration efforts on open government, will depart in February.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:06pm -

Congress has dragged its feet for years on passing cybersecurity legislation, so the Obama administration is applying pressure.
- 9 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:02pm -

Strategies to prevent another Wikileaks will take years to perfect, but the cloud could save time and money, says director of national intelligence James Clapper.
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Last Tuesday, the day before announcing the Green Button initiative in California, Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra was at the offices of San Francisco-based start-up Twilio.
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Today is the final day for citizens to weight in on the National Dialogue on the Federal Mobility Strategy, an initiative led by Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel aimed at crowdsourcing ideas on how to best implement government mobil…
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:33pm -

Part of Federal Chief Technology Officer’s Aneesh Chopra’s influence came from his ability to connect with the crowd while speaking about key government initiatives. Below, we highlight some that reflect his focus as CTO.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:29pm -

As FedScoop reported late Thursday, the White House has officially announced that U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra will step down from his position.
- 9 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:02pm -

With Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announcing he will leave the White House, the talk now turns to who will fill his shoes.
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Updated to include Dan Chenok's contributions.Gadi Ben-YehudaThe Metaphor Edition!Is Identifying-information Radioactive? Cory Doctorow makes the case that it is in the Guardian article, "Personal data is as hot as nuclear waste." Great sub-head…
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The Obama Administration has arguably become one of the most adept administrations in history at harnessing new media technologies to take its case directly to the American public. How the White House takes advantage of new media can be seen in se…
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Summary. Last night I had the distinct honor and privilege to participate in the White House State of the Union TweetUp. I arrived in my capacity as a private citizen and student from American University (AU). Earlier in the day, as a fellow invit…
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In any job it is easy to get caught up in the details - the what and how of what we need to do, day in and day out, to deliver the outputs demanded of us.Whether it's writing a brief, building a website, managing a social media channel, responding…
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Just a quick heads up for you public health folks on Twitter – our Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has joined the platform.You can find her as @SGReginaDid I mention that I am pretty excited about this and looking forward to seeing her…
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There’s been a great deal of discussion lately around the topic of government innovation, especially here in San Francisco, with the appointment of a new chief innovation officer, a new “civic accelerator,” a new venture with a consortium of Ba…
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Hacking Democracy, released in 2007, documents the improprieties and lack of security around proprietary voting software vendor Diebold Elections Systems
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The Public Technology Institute released its list of “What’s Out and What’s In?” technology predictions for 2012 based on interviews with local government IT executives and vendors who service city and county governments
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Government Technology reports that Los Angeles is beta testing a new website, the first major redesign in 14 years, but a cursory review of the homepage leaves me wondering why the city spent $100,000 on a usability expert to get essentially the same…
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Jay Nath has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer for the City and County of San Francisco
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Join us for a conversation with Jeanne Holm, evangelist for Data.gov and Chair of the e-Government Interest Group for the W3C.
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Join us as we chat with Pia Waugh, organizer of September's GovCamp Australia, held in Canberra.
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Tariq Khokhar joined the World Bank in June 2011 as its first Open Data Evangelist. Gov 2.0 Radio's Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talk with Tariq about cheerleading the global development organization's collaborations with technologists and data…
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Steve Lunceford, Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talk with Bryan Sivak, new chief innovation officer for the State of Maryland, about innovating in government, and trying to keep a web-savvy citizenry up to speed during the recent DC-area earthqu…
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Andrew LaMora from TopCoder joins Gov 2.0 Radio's Allison Hornery and Adriel Hampton to discuss coding challenges in partnership with NASA.
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President Obama will join the first presidential Hangout on Google+ on January 30, 2012, as part of the White House's commitment "to creating a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration."
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Collective action channeled through the Internet halted the progress of SOPA and PIPA this week. The promise of these communication tools has come of age, and they'll be sorely needed to face the challenges of the 21st century.
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A tour of the new Massachusetts spending site, accolades and critiques from leading open government advocates, and an examination of it takes to produce data you can query for useful information.
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It's a situation crying out for networked transfer, but HIPAA requires careful attention to security and privacy.
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SOPA and PIPA not only harm the internet, they support existing content companies in their attempt to hold back innovative business models that will actually grow the market and deliver new value to consumers.
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The social media town hall has become a staple of the Obama Administration with events conducted via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube in the past three years and a Google Plus hangout scheduled for Monday. Agency heads have followed suit, ofte…
- 10 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 5:45pm -

Federal agencies know they want Twitter followers but figuring out when and who to follow back is a thornier issue, based on questions during a webinar titled "Engaging Audiences with Twitter," sponsored by the General Services Administration's Web M…
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 6:23pm -

This article has been updated to include comment from Google and GSA Google's controversial new privacy policies will not apply to users of the Google Apps for Government enterprise email system, such as the General Services Administration, a Google…
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This article has been updated with new information from GSA The General Services Administration has begun the process of moving its public Web presence to a unified cloud, according to a press release from CGI Federal, which won the $21 million five-…
- 3 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 3:41pm -

The White House plans to follow up the president's Tuesday State of the Union address with a "State of the Union interview" with the president conducted on Google Plus next Monday. The White House just signed on to the search giant's new social netwo…
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