First POST: Searches
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, June 6 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Far-reaching surveillance of civilians under the Obama administration; better news for advocates of open city data; the start of our 2013 conference and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: New Hires
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, June 5 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The GOP's new technology hire; how Internet mogul Sean Parker's wedding was risky for California redwoods; and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
Republicans, Here Is Your New CTO
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, June 5 2013
The Republican Party announced last night that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has fulfilled his promise to hire a chief technology officer to serve as the party's central point person for technology. The RNC announced Andrew Barkett, a manager at Facebook previously responsible for overseeing teams of engineers, will be picking up the mantle. Read More
First POST: Unrest
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, June 4 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Social media and unrest in Turkey; federal officials' curious application of the Freedom of Information Act to emails; and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: There's Hacking, Then There's Civic Hacking
BY Nick Judd | Monday, June 3 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Social media's role in unrest in Turkey; outcomes from the National Day of Civic Hacking; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Going to Washington
BY Nick Judd | Friday, May 31 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The White House's newest employee; the video game console that has German officials worried; and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
Code for America's Jennifer Pahlka to Take a Year-Long "Fellowship" as Deputy U.S. CTO
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, May 30 2013
Thursday, Code for America and the White House announced that Jennifer Pahlka will take a leave of absence from her organization to become the next deputy U.S. chief technology officer for government innovation, working for the limited term of one year under current CTO Todd Park. Read More
First POST: Big Moves
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, May 30 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Former Obama staffers launch a new consultancy with the biggest of big-name investors; Chicago's chief data officer leaves the public sector; and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Bachmann's Tea Party is Over
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, May 29 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Michele Bachmann's Congressional career is coming to an end; Facebook says it has failed to suppress messages of violence against women; and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Our Data, Ourselves
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, May 28 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Renegotiating the app economy, watching the spread of open data in government, digital tea leaves in the 2016 presidential race and more in today's round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More