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Fighting The Next Obamacare Tech Fail
In terminating CGI Federal's role in HealthCare.gov, President Obama finally "fired" one of the parties responsible for Obamacare's faulty website. That may appease the chorus of those calling on Obama to hold someone "accountable," but it does nothing to fix the underlying problem: the system for selecting contractors that picked CGI Federal in the first place. Read More »
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First Teach No Harm
The U.S. spends $13 billion a year subsidizing graduate medical education. Yet almost all of this money winds up producing the wrong kinds of doctors in the wrong places, with America’s most elite teaching hospitals being the worst offenders. Read More »
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Five Characteristics Of An Open Source City
How can you apply the concepts of open source to a living, breathing city? An open source city is a blend of open culture, open government policies, and economic development. Read More »
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Five Healthcare Startups That Should Have Crowdfunding Pitches On MedStartr
Health startups are always looking for money so what better solution than a crowdfunding site that understands the complexity of the industry. Read More »
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Food Agency Revamps Rules to Boost Transparency
The European Food Safety Authority, seeking to deflect criticism over the independence of its work, yesterday (5 March) announced moves to clarify disclosure rules and guidelines on who can serve as scientific experts. Read More »
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Food Fraud: Labels On What We Eat Often Mislead
Despite trend in local, "authentic" foods, many aren't what they seem. Read More »
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Four Ways Open Source Principles Can Improve Your Business
More than ever, companies are embracing the principles of open source to make major improvements, both internally and externally. Openness, transparency, democratization, and collaboration can be used to make your business a better place to work and create a better culture.
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Freedom Of The Press Foundation Launches SecureDrop, An Open-Source Submission Platform For Whistleblowers
Freedom of the Press Foundation has taken charge of the DeadDrop project, an open-source whistleblower submission system originally coded by the late transparency advocate Aaron Swartz. In the coming months, the Foundation will also provide on-site installation and technical support to news organizations that wish to run the system, which has been renamed “SecureDrop.” Read More »
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From NGO To Social Business: Why And How
...The international development and aid sector is undergoing major changes and many organizations need to update or adapt the way they work. Many leaders I speak with are considering moving the business model from that of a donor-funded, traditional nongovernmental organization, toward a sustainable social enterprise...
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From Ushahidi To Al Jazeera: The Role Of Mobile In Kenya’s Elections
The people of Kenya will today start voting in a presidential election. Things have been tense in the lead up to polling day and mobile will play a critical role in both the monitoring and reporting of the situation on the ground. Read More »
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From Volume to Value: How Health Execs See the Future of Health Care
Health leaders concur that regardless of the politics of the Affordable Care Act and its prospects for whole or partial survival beyond November 2012, market pressures in the health sector are driving health providers and suppliers to an environment of lower costs and higher quality. Read More »
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Frontiers Is Featured In The Prestigious Nature Magazine
Frontiers, a community driven open-access publisher and research networking platform for scientists, is featured on the inside cover of this week's Nature, with endorsements from Nobel laureates and other leading researchers. [...] Read More »
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Frontiers Launches A New Open-Access Journal In Energy Research
Frontiers, one of the largest and fastest-growing open-access scholarly publishers, now part of the Nature Publishing Group family, will launch its Frontiers in Energy Research journal today... Read More »
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FTC Commissioner: Let Big Data Flourish, But 'Reclaim' Privacy
The issue of privacy in the era of big data has come to the fore recently in the wake of National Security Agency leaks — as it well should, according to Julie Brill, a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Read More »
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GAO Faults Oversight Of IT Investments
Many of the government’s information technology investments lack proper oversight and transparency and end up over budget or behind schedule, according to David Powner of the Government Accountability Office. Read More »
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