First POST: Oligarchs for a Little Less Corruption
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, April 21 2014
Sean Parker's plans to change US politics; the New York Times' front-pages mesh networking; the Pirate Times reviews the party's impact on the European Parliament; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Cockamamie and Catastrophic
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 9 2014
More fallout from the "Cuban Twitter" misfire; Snowden explains how he is not like Assange; the benefits of open data; and much, much more. Read More
Noveck on Lessons Learned
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, March 23 2011
In a 1-2-3-part interview with Asia-based FutureGov, former U.S. Deputy Beth Noveck argues a point that seems to be gaining traction in open government circles: that while the "institutionalization" of open ... Read More
White House Spots Gov't Innovation's Green Shoots
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, March 18 2011
Over on the White House blog, Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. CTO, and his new deputy Chris Vein pluck out a trio of trends they see "fostering government innovation." Let's call 'em the helpers, the builders, and the ... Read More
White House Taps Top City CIO to Replace Beth Noveck as Deputy CTO for Innovation
BY Nick Judd | Monday, February 28 2011
Chris Vein, widely known as the groundbreaking chief information officer for the city of San Francisco, has departed for the White House, you may have heard already from Luke Fretwell at Fedscoop. His new title, ... Read More
W.H. Open Gov Lead on Why She's Headed Back to Academia
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, January 11 2011
Beth Simone Noveck; photo credit: Joi Ito Read More
Deputy U.S. CTO McLaughlin Leaves White House Post
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, December 23 2010
Photo credit: Elon University Read More
PdF '10: Aneesh Chopra on Making Government Work for Us
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, June 23 2010
In his talk at PdF '10, U.S Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra delivered a progress report on the Obama administration's work to Read More
Consumer Watchdog Reacts to McLaughlin Reprimand
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, May 20 2010
Consumer Watchdog's reaction to Deputy U.S. CTO Andrew McLaughlin's limited, though inappropriate, contact with his former colleagues at Google is to say that the McLaughlin's Google ties alone were never the problem. Read More
White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin Slapped for Gmailing with Googlers
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, May 17 2010
A 2008 photo of Andrew McLaughlin taken by Joi Ito, used under a Creative Commons license. Read More