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A Right to Data: Fulfilling the Promise of Open Public Data in the UK
A Right to Data says that all non-personal data held by the public sector should be made available to the public for free. The report says that ending the practice of reselling key datasets like maps and postcodes would cost the government around £50 million a year in lost fees and charges. Read More »
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Aaron Swartz Inspired People ‘To Become Heroes Of Their Own Story’
Since Aaron Swartz’s death a lot of activists realize they’re facing huge battles, but everybody can be doing something to fight back in a way to address that, Parker Higgins from the Electronic Frontier Foundation told RT. Read More »
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Africa's Mineral Wealth Hardly Denting Poverty Levels, Says World Bank
Report finds discovery of oil and mineral resources doing little to improve prospects for poor people, whose lot may even worsen Read More »
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Africa: Open-Source Opens Up Architecture For The Poor
Architects and community leaders are combining forces to lead the way in creating many types of innovative housing in developing nations as part of an open-source collaboration. Read More »
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Agencies Saving one-Fifth of IT Budget Through Virtualization, Survey Finds
More than 80 percent of federal information technology leaders say their agencies have implemented some manner of server virtualization and, overall, the government is saving nearly 20 percent of its IT budget through virtualization, according to a recent survey.
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Agile And Acquisition - The Match.com Of Contracting?
"If you could fix hiring and buying in the federal government, you would fix 90% of it's problems," said Bryan Sivak. Sivak is the Chief Technology Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services. Read More »
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Air Force Buys 18,000 iPads – Not 'Equal' Tablets
The Air Force Air Mobility Command awarded Executive Technology Inc. of Phoenix a $9.6 million contract to acquire up to 18,000 Apple iPad 2 computers to store and display digital flight charts and manuals.
The deal announced Friday came one month after the command kicked off the procurement for iPads "or equal" tablet computers. Read More »
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Air Force Considers Dumping PCs for 1.2 Million Thin Clients
The Air Force could send personal computers to the junkyard by 2014, depending on the results of a study to replace them with thin clients -- 1 million on unclassified networks and 220,000 on classified networks. Read More »
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Alaska: The Only State to Decline Federal HIX Funding
...Alaska, behind Republican Gov. Sean Parnell, is one of the more adamant opponents to President Barack Obama’s healthcare insurance exchange mandate – it’s the only state to not even apply for a $1 million federal grant to help develop state exchanges. Read More »
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America's Forgotten Civil Right - Healthcare
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” It’s often referred to as the Great March on Washington – or just simply the March on Washington... Read More »
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America's Young Workers: Destined For Failure?
They face a very different economy than their parents' generation, so simply working hard and getting a good education is no longer enough.
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American Public Health Association Seeks To Improve And Rebrand Public Health
The American Public Health Association adopted 17 new policy statements at its annual meeting Nov. 2-6 in Boston, issuing ambitious recommendations to public health officials and also trying to rebrand the field of public health. Read More »
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An Open Data Guidebook For City Departments
In April of 2012, Mayor Michael Nutter formalized the City’s open data and government transparency efforts with the signing of Executive Order 1-12. A key component of the Mayor’s order was the creation of an Open Data Working Group... Read More »
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Appallicious Joins With SF To Launch Park And Rec iPhone App
Later today, as part of Innovation Month, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will unveil SF Recreation & Park’s official iPhone App, SFRECPARK, developed for San Francisco by mobile commerce company Appallicious. Read More »
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Appeals Court Skeptical Of Obama Secrecy Around Drone Killings
A U.S. appeals court responded skeptically on Thursday to Obama administration assertions the government can withhold documents about a program that uses aerial drones for targeted killings overseas. Read More »
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