The hunt for Osama bin Laden took years and involved some of the most sophisticated technology the U.S. military could bring to bear, including an entire agency devoted to developing intelligence based on maps and ... Read More

The New York Times' Brian Stelter says that Keith Urbahn, chief of staff for former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, is "credited by many on the Web" with breaking the news of Osama bin Laden's death last night via ... Read More

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican, is starting his own weekly video address, according to an AP item in the Chicago Tribune today. Branstad will be soliciting questions via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, then ... Read More

Some Massachusetts lawmakers apparently think the state has crossed the line in using the Internet for sexual education by supporting a website about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV that is targeted to teens. ... Read More

The social media and teen culture researcher danah boyd had a rough time with Tumblr over the past few days — an encounter that highlights how much trust even the most Internet-savvy people put in free platforms ... Read More

Former Washington, D.C. Chief Technology Officer Bryan Sivak is now Maryland's first-ever "chief innovation officer." Sivak is on his second day at work today as the newest member of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's team, ... Read More

Technically Philly has a detailed rundown on OpenDataPhilly, an open data portal to all the datasets that the city has already released. The short version seems to be that Azavea cofounder Robert Cheetham pushed for this ... Read More

GovTech reports that the City of Philadelphia has launched an iPhone and iPad app to report suspected fraud or waste of taxpayer dollars: Developed in-house, primarily through the efforts of Brian Dries, director of ... Read More

John Tolva, the former director of citizenship and technology at IBM, will be the next chief technology officer for the City of Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. Read More

Cook County, Il. — the county that encompasses Chicago — will implement transparency and open government plans including an open data portal, county officials announced on Monday. The county's blog says ... Read More