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NTIA/RUS Decide on One More Round of Broadband Funding
Nov 10, 2009 | The two federal agencies in charge of the Recovery Act's $7.2 billion in broadband funding programs, USDA's Rural Utilities Service Read More
Supernova Conference Returns to SF, Dec. 1-3
Nov 9, 2009 | We're looking forward to taking part in this year's Supernova Conference as a media sponsor, and we hope you'll Read More
President Announces $3.4B in Recovery Funds for Smart Grid
Oct 27, 2009 | Speaking at a solar energy facility in Florida earlier today, President Obama announced that the federal government had awarded over Read More
FCC Site Offers Details on Open Meeting
Oct 26, 2009 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an "Open Meeting portal" at OpenInternet.gov where you can find videos, slides and Read More
Improving the U.S. Immigration Process with E-Gov Tools
Sep 28, 2009 | The Obama administration views technology as an important tool for improving government efficiency and customer service, but can e-government improve something Read More
Commerce Dept Launches New Programs to Help Entrepreneurs
Sep 25, 2009 | U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced yesterday that his agency will open an Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to help Read More
U.S. CIO's News Conference on Cloud Computing and Apps.gov
Sep 15, 2009 | At a press conference this morning at NASA's Ames Research Center, U.S. federal CIO Vivek Kundra demoed the new Apps.gov Read More
Podcasts from Tech Policy Summit
Sep 14, 2009 | We received an inquiry from someone asking where to find the podcasts from our last Tech Policy Summit conference, Read More
U.S. CTO's Silicon Valley Visit
Aug 12, 2009 | Silicon Valley welcomed Aneesh Chopra to town last week for a series of events and meetings designed to introduce him to Read More
Introducing the Federal IT Dashboard, and Blog
Jul 13, 2009 | A few weeks ago at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City, United States CIO Vivek Kundra launched Read More
Only a Few Days Left to Register for PdF
Jun 25, 2009 | After taking a brief hiatus following our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit last month, we're back with a reminder Read More
Videos from TPS: Broadband Innovation
May 19, 2009 | Thank you to everyone who participated in the first-ever TPS: Broadband Innovation conference, which took place at the San Read More
Oh No! Twitter Down During Transparency Session
May 13, 2009 | It's a cruel twist of fate that Twitter is down for maintenance during today's roundtable on Tech's Role in Promoting Read More
Watch Live: Robert Scoble Interviewing CEA's Gary Shapiro
May 13, 2009 | Robert Scoble is on stage at Tech Policy Summit '09 right now, interviewing Gary Shapiro of the Consumer Electronics Association. Read More
At Tech Policy Summit '09
May 12, 2009 | The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit is underway at the San Mateo Marriott and, while registration is closed, there are Read More
Agenda for TPS: Broadband Innovation and Tech Policy Summit '09
May 6, 2009 | There are only a few days left until the opening of TPS: Broadband Innovation conference and the 3rd annual Read More
OSTP Calls for Comments on Scientific Integrity
Apr 23, 2009 | On March 9th, President Obama issued a memorandum ordering the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Read More
President Names Aneesh Chopra as National CTO
Apr 18, 2009 | After months of speculation about who would be selected as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, news broke yesterday that Read More
FCC Kicks Off Effort to Develop a National Broadband Plan
Apr 8, 2009 | At its public meeting in D.C. earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the first step toward creation of Read More
Ross Joins State Department as Senior Advisor on Innovation
Apr 6, 2009 | As we mentioned on Twitter earlier today, One Economy co-founder Alec Ross has joined the U.S. State Department as Read More
More Members of Obama's Tech Policy Team
Mar 31, 2009 | Slowly but surely, we are getting more information about who will be doing what in the Obama administration with regards Read More
Obama picks FCC's Adelstein to head RUS
Mar 20, 2009 | President Obama announced his intent today to nominate Federal Communications Commission (FCC)commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to head the U.S. Department of Read More
White House Science Advisor Confirmed
Mar 20, 2009 | The wait for a new director at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is over. Dr. Read More
Kundra Takes Temporary Leave of Absence
Mar 13, 2009 | According to The Washington Post, the White House confirmed reports that new federal CIO Vivek Kundra has taken a leave Read More
NTIA/RUS Seek Comment on Broadband Grants
Mar 12, 2009 | The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) have issued a notice Read More
Stimulating Broadband Growth
Mar 10, 2009 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a notice today inviting suggestions on how the FCC and U.S. Department of Agriculture Read More
Washington 2.0: How a Federal CIO Changes the Game
Mar 9, 2009 | It's only been a few days since President Obama named D.C. CTO and tech advisor Vivek Kundra to the Read More
White House Intros Commerce Secretary Nominee
Mar 5, 2009 | The White House released a video today to introduce the American public to President Obama's third (and, hopefully, final) pick Read More
LinkedIn CEO: "Let Our Startups Bail Us Out"
Mar 4, 2009 | In case you missed it, LinkedIn chairman and CEO Reid Hoffman, wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Washington Post yesterday in Read More
Obama Makes Genachowski Nomination Official (brought to me by Twitter)
Mar 4, 2009 | I was on my way home yesterday from the DEMO conference in Palm Springs when I learned, via Twitter, Read More
Obama's Team: Who's In? Who's Likely?
Feb 24, 2009 | While several key tech policy-related positions are still in flux as we await nominations and confirmations, the Obama administration has Read More
New Transparency Project Focuses on White House's Open Government Directive
Feb 21, 2009 | The day after his inauguration, President Obama issued a memo on transparency and open government to the heads of executive Read More
Join Us March 25th for a Breakfast Event Featuring Dr. Vint Cerf
Feb 18, 2009 | As we pre-announced earlier this week on Twitter, we are very excited to be hosting a new Tech Policy Read More
Sen. Gregg's Decision
Feb 12, 2009 | It turns out that the Commerce Secretary post will be vacant even longer following today's surprise announcement by Senator Judd Read More
Showing Us the Data
Feb 11, 2009 | OpentheGovernment.org and the Center for Democracy and Technology, with help from the Sunlight Foundation, have launched a new project to Read More
Are You Ready for Some Stimulus?
Feb 10, 2009 | Now that the U.S. Senate has voted 61-37 to pass the economic recovery legislation, the Senate and House of Representatives Read More
Microsoft CEO's Talk to House Democrats
Feb 9, 2009 | In a speech last Friday at the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic Caucus Retreat, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer weighed in Read More
Digital TV Delay By the Numbers
Feb 5, 2009 | The DTV Delay Act, which pushes the digital TV transition from February 17th to June 12th, is on its way Read More
Who's on the "People to Watch" list?
Feb 4, 2009 | Ars Technica has just unveiled its picks for the 2009 Tech Policy "People to Watch" list -- check out the Read More
Commerce Secretary v.2
Feb 4, 2009 | Now that President Obama has ended the suspense about who will replace Governor Bill Richardson as the Commerce Secretary designate, Read More
Using E-Health Records to Create a "Web of Care"
Feb 4, 2009 | President Obama wants to see Congress' economic recovery legislation pump billions of dollars into digitizing health records with the goal Read More
In Brief: Marketplace Radio on U.S. CTO
Jan 26, 2009 | You can probably tell that I spent a fair amount of time on the road last Friday since this is Read More
Stimulus Spending and the Future of Innovation and Research
Jan 26, 2009 | The debate about Congress' economic recovery plan has been heating up, as legislators try to reach agreement on how much Read More
The President's New Site, Rules Governing Transparency
Jan 22, 2009 | This is the first Tech Policy Central update since President Obama's inauguration, and less than 48 hours into the new Read More
Inside the Transition's Tech, Innovation and Government Reform Team
Jan 19, 2009 | With less than a day to go until the Inauguration, the Obama-Biden transition team released a video introducing its Technology, Read More
