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White House Innovation Fellows On Open Health Data

Leah Stern | Health Data Consortium | August 27, 2012

Last Thursday, the White House announced the inaugural crop of Innovation Fellows. We’ve been eagerly anticipating this announcement, heralding as it does the latest exciting open government venture. In particular, we’re excited that three of the fellows are working on Blue Button, a tool to allow millions of Americans to download their personal health information electronically. Read More »

White House Intervention Could Spark Patent Upheaval

Zack Whittaker | ZDNet | August 5, 2013

Now that the Obama administration has intervened in a patent infringement ruling between Apple and Samsung, uncertainty lingers over how effective the courts have been over such disputes. Is the patience of politicians beginning to wear thin? Read More »

White House Launches ‘U.S. Digital Service,’ With HealthCare.gov Fixer At The Helm

Nancy Scola | The Washington Post | August 11, 2014

The White House on Monday announced that it is formally launching a new U.S. Digital Service and that it has hired to lead it Mikey Dickerson, an engineer widely credited with playing a central role in salvaging HealthCare.gov after its disastrous launch...

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White House Marks Digital Gov Strategy’s First Milestones

David Hubler | GCN | August 24, 2012

Federal agencies are making “great strides” toward meeting President Barack Obama’s May 23 directive, “Building a 21st Century Digital Government” during the next year, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said in marking the first quarterly anniversary of the initiative. Read More »

White House names 18 innovators for Blue Button, digital projects

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | August 24, 2012

The White House named 18 Presidential Innovation Fellows, the first set of proven private sector innovators chosen to bring their expertise to work for the government in Washington, D.C., for six months on five high-impact projects using electronic data and tools.

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White House Names 18 Presidential Innovation Fellows.

Bridget Mintz Testa | AOL Government | August 24, 2012

The White House introduced 18 incoming members of the Presidential Innovation Fellows at a ceremony in Washington on Thursday who will work as volunteers on five projects with innovators from within the federal government. Read More »

White House Names Former Microsoft Exec To Run Healthcare.gov

Dan Mangan | CNBC | December 17, 2013

Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will take over the volunteer job of overseeing ongoing fixes to the federal Obamacare marketplace HealthCare.gov starting Wednesday, officials said. Read More »

White House Offers 'We The People' Petition App Under Open Source License

Loek Essers | Computerworld | August 24, 2012

The source code of "We The People," the online system that can be used by citizens to submit their petitions to the White House, is being offered as open source software, an official said on Thursday. Read More »

White House Orders Agencies To Follow New Open Data Standards

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | May 9, 2013

Government agencies must collect and publish new information in open, machine-readable and, whenever possible, non-proprietary formats, according to a White House executive order and open data policy published Thursday. Read More »

White House Overhauls Electronic Records Requirements

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | August 24, 2012

Federal agencies have until the end of 2019 to adopt systems that store and manage all electronic records in formats that will keep them safe and searchable for future generations, according to a White House directive released Friday. Read More »

White House Petition On Legalizing Unlocking Of Mobile Phones Tries To Pass 100,000 Signature Threshold

Mike Masnick | Techdirt | February 11, 2013

Last month, we wrote about how the White House had bumped up the number of signatures it requires to get on "We the People..." petitions from 25,000 to 100,000 before it is "required" to respond [...]. Around the same time, we also talked about how unlocking your mobile phone, [...]was switching from being legal to being illegal, thanks to the Librarian of Congress choosing not to renew an exemption to the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules... Read More »

White House Releases Modular IT Development Guide

David Stegon | FedScoop | June 18, 2012

The White House released a new guide encouraging agencies to shift away from larger multi-year information technology projects to a more nimble approach. Read More »

White House Revamps Data.Gov

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | July 16, 2013

The White House previewed an update to the government information trove Data.gov on Tuesday that it said would offer better search, more responsive design and deeper background on how the public is using government data. Read More »

White House to Establish Chief Technology Officers' Council

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | April 10, 2012

The White House is in the process of launching a new council of federal technology officers who will be tasked with sharing insights and solving problems across government, Veterans Affairs Department Chief Technology Officer Peter Levin said Tuesday. Read More »

White House: It's Time To Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking

Rachel King | ZDNet | March 4, 2013

In what is sure to draw the attention (and disdain) of mobile providers nationwide, the Obama Administration is arguing that it's time to legalize cell phone unlocking. Read More »