FCC Says Too Many Americans Lack Broadband Access
Between 14 and 24 million Americans still lack access to broadband, and the immediate prospects for deployment to them are bleaks, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Date: 2010-07-27
The President Of Russia Posts His First Tweet
The Russian government has started a presence on Twitter in the form of two accounts under the name of the 'President of Russia,' one in Russian and one in English.
Date: 2010-06-29
San Francisco Uses Crowdsourcing To Reduce Budget Spending
Here is more on how the City of San Francisco in its quest to save money, increase revenues and spur innovation turned to its 26,000 employees for solutions.
Date: 2010-06-15
Governments Begin Implementation Of Open Data Apps
Ever since the dawn of the Internet era, many web developers and tech companies have envisioned a world where people from all over the globe can...
Date: 2010-06-01
Australia Commits To Significant IT Spending
Government IT professionals all over the world may want to keep a close eye on Australia in the weeks and months ahead. Australia’s federal budget has allocated over $1 billion to public-sector technology projects, meaning it may be able to pioneer some advances, or at least set an example through trial and error.
Date: 2010-05-18
O'Reilly Discusses Security Clearances For The Military And Contractors
If you do not read O'Reilly Radar – you might want to subscribe. This morning O'Reilly Radar was bringing up the idea of how social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed and others are changing not just how we hire, but how we determine credibility and trustworthiness in the communities we interact with.
Date: 2010-05-04
Library Of Congress Archiving Tweets Since 2006
You may have stumbled onto details of this on Twitter as this week at the Twitter Chirp event it was revealed that the entire archive of public Tweets posted to Twitter will be archived at the Library of Congress.
Date: 2010-04-20
UK Election Pushes Blogging To The Mainstream
Months of speculation ended yesterday with the news that the UK general election will take place on May 6, a month from now.
Date: 2010-04-06
FCC Launches Spectrum Dashboard
The Federal Communications Commission has introduced a beta version of its Spectrum Dashboard.
Date: 2010-03-23
Government Agencies Lagging In Tech Adoption
Government market research firm Market Connections, today released a new survey that calls government agencies continually behind the curve in technology adoption compared to the private sector.
Date: 2010-03-09
FTC Warns Organizations Of Data Breaches
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced it has contacted nearly 100 organizations about personal information, including sensitive data about customers or employees...
Date: 2010-02-23
Social Media To Play A Major Role In Costa Rica Elections
Electing a woman to be your head of state isn't that big a deal these days.The latest country to join a long list of states with women leaders is Costa Rica...
Date: 2010-02-09
FTC Turns Their Attention To Facebook's Privacy Policies
For those of you who have ever been in sales or were trained to sell you may have heard the expression that it is "better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission".
Date: 2010-01-26
Consumer Groups Urge The FTC To Block Google From Acquiring AdMob
In November, Google announced it was acquiring AdMob for $750M. The deal is still in the works, of course-in part, at least, because the FTC is taking a first and, as of last week, second look at the deal.
Date: 2010-01-12
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