Sub-Saharan Africa is often but a footnote in the global news stream and perceived as the “Dark Continent” in terms of technology by many. It is time to turn the spotlight on sub-Saharan Africa and investigate what role social media play for political communication and why or why not are they being used for organising protests. Read More »

Some ideas and debates on the Linux Planet and open source sphere just don't seem to ever die or go away. One such debate is around contributor license agreements for open source projects, including Linux distributions. The issue is once again front and center as Project Harmony has officially hit 1.0 in an attempt to bring harmony to an area of tremendous discontent. Read More »

Nearly one-fourth of hospital executives (24 percent) are extremely concerned about costs related to making a complete transition to an electronic medical record (EMR) system. Read More »

When we talk about open government technology, it’s often in terms of open data, open source software, social media or crowd-sourced ideation and 311 tools. What’s rarely discussed is a truly open, transparent and comprehensive platform where citizens can comment or ask government questions and get direct assistance from public servants or even their own fellow citizens. Read More »

...Over the years, I've become less patient with the stridency of the FOSS movement, or at least some of the more pedantic wings of it. It is certainly not my place to tell anyone that they should buy or not buy any kind of software. Read More »

The pressure on agencies to transition more of their technology infrastructure to nimble cloud computing won't let up when the nation's first federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, leaves government this summer, General Services Administration official Dave McClure predicted Wednesday. Read More »

The White House is ahead of schedule with its five-year drive to shut down about one-third of the government's 2,100 data centers, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said Wednesday. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is offering a $50,000 prize to anyone who can develop a personal health record (PHR) that uses the government's Blue Button download method to import patient data from electronic health records. Read More »

Anyone who has been following my public presentations over the last seven years or has been exposed to my exploration of this subject over the last decade+ will be well versed in much of this practice. For those uninitiated in this field, I'll start with some basics. Read More »

Every week, it seems, a new group lashes out against the proposed accountable care organization (ACO) regulations – perhaps in hopes that CMS will ease up on the 65 measures for qualifying as an ACO. On Tuesday, consultancy KPMG took its turn, publishing data that found Read More »