TECHNOLOGY AND THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT
07/29/10 03:12 pm ET
Barack Obama is widely regarded as the most tech-savvy president ever. He insisted on keeping his BlackBerry after he took office, and he even uses his laptop to personally do website demos. But he draws the line at Twitter. "I don't tweet on a...>>
07/29/10 10:19 am ET
Some Republicans are disgruntled about a clause in the newly-minted financial reform law that they say allows the Securities and Exchange Commission to sidestep the Freedom of Information Act.>>
07/28/10 11:01 am ET
Irony alert: Web Axe, a blog on web design accessibility, has reviewed the government's new official Section 508 website, which provides information for agencies on meeting federal requirements on ensuring their sites can be used by people with disabilities, and concluded that its not...>>
07/27/10 03:14 pm ET
Americans' satisfaction with online government services is slipping, according to the latest report from the quarterly e-government American Customer Satisfaction Index. Agencies during the second quarter received an aggregate score of 74.7 on a 100-point scale, down slightly from the first quarter's score of 75.1. >>
07/26/10 06:03 pm ET
Want to keep track of what President Obama and Vice President Biden are up to? The White House announced today that their public schedules now will be available online. But you don't have to go to the White House Web site to find out...>>
07/26/10 10:24 am ET
An annual gathering of hackers in New York City last week featured a presentation on how to successfully break into government files using Freedom of Information Act requests. >>
07/26/10 08:45 am ET
Hacking into NASA's official astronaut Twitter account: Apparently it's not rocket science....>>
07/23/10 11:53 am ET
I attended a House Oversight subcommitee hearing yesterday afternoon. As usual, I brought along my laptop, as taking notes and checking email are more easily accomplished using a full keyboard rather than pen and paper and my tiny iPhone screen. >>
07/22/10 06:33 pm ET
What can only be characterized as a bit of a surprise, Canada, the land of good government, is having its own debate over the nation's next census, scheduled for 2011. The debate is over the "intrusive" questions on the long form, which 20 percent of Canadians receive and are required to fill out.>>
07/21/10 08:31 am ET
A reformatted $100 bill that is expected to start circulating in February 2011 will include a ribbon containing images of bells that morph into 100s to thwart counterfeiters, a federal official told lawmakers this week. >>
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