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Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Correspondent for O'Reilly Media. Before joining O'Reilly, Howard was the associate editor of SearchCompliance.com at TechTarget. His work there focused on how regulations affect IT operations, including issues of data protection, privacy, security and enterprise IT strategy. Howard's previous work experience includes working in operations for an e-business consultancy, as a knowledge broker for a management consulting firm, as an apprentice to a master home builder and, very briefly, as a garde manger at an outstanding Italian restaurant.
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Taking on IT challenges at California scale
July 14 2010
In this interview, California CIO Teri Takai talks about how California is taking on data center consolidation, green tech, scaling legacy systems and more. Her perspectives are of interest to many observers now that she's been nominated to become assistant secretary for Networks and Information Integration at the Department of… read moreGov 2.0 Week in Review: Summer Heatwave
July 09 2010
What do you get when you combine summer heat with government technology? Like the rest of the Eastern seaboard, Washington has been beset by a heatwave, which means that air conditioners, linen suits and lemonade are very much in vogue. Before you quip "meltdown," check out the new mobile apps… read moreOMB updates rules for cookies and privacy on U.S. government websites
June 25 2010
"President Obama has made it a touchstone of his administration to open government and make it more transparent than it ever has been before," said Michael Fitzpatrick, Associate Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. read moreGov 2.0 Down Under: Australia and open government
June 25 2010
Australia is lapping much of the world with its rapid moves toward open government. Interviews with Federal Senator Kate Lundy and Australia Gov 2.0 task force head Nicholas Gruen reveal the country's current progress and its future plans. read moreJune 20 2010
This week's Gov 2.0 comes as the nation comes to grips with the expanding scope of its worst environmental disaster in living memory, as the extent of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico becomes more clear. Despite the dire circumstances, the fact that I was able to stream… read moreNASA technology leads to better medical decisions
June 16 2010
In this podcast, Chris Mattmann, a senior computer scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses objected-oriented data technology (OODT) and health IT. read moreJune 13 2010
Will the Department of Health and Human Services make community health information as useful as GPS or weather data? read moreJune 11 2010
Availability of government healthcare data is giving rise to an ecosystem of innovative applications, many of which were on display at the Community Health Data Forum. We take a look at some of the most promising health-data apps showcased at the event. read moreCloud computing saves L.A. millions in IT costs
June 09 2010
Nobody will end up with a completely SaaS model, says Randi Levin, at least not in the next couple of years. "What I do see is that most organizations are going to end up in a hybrid world where you have some on-site infrastructure; you have some hosted infrastructure, and… read moreShould the U.S. support Internet freedom through technology?
June 08 2010
The methods by which online images, texts and videos -- the Samizdat of the 21st century -- move beyond the boundaries of repressive governments are at the heart of Internet freedom. read moreTechnology for Internet freedom and innovation at the State Department
June 08 2010
Alec J. Ross, the U.S. Secretary of State's senior advisor for innovation, doesn't want a tech strategy -- he wants policy and change with a tech component. Read more about Ross' role and his goals in this interview. read moreConnecting the dots with Intellipedia
June 03 2010
The United States' sixteen intelligence agencies are using an internal wiki, dubbed "Intellipedia," to share information. We take a look at how Intellipedia is helping these agencies work better. read moreMaking community health information as useful as weather data
June 02 2010
The chief technology office of Health and Human Services, Todd Park, is fond of using the National Ocean and Oceanographic Association (NOAA) as a metaphor for the innovation that may be unlocked through releasing public data. NOAA data underpins Weather.com and nearly every commercial meteorological service in the United States.… read moreCalifornia: There's an app for that
May 28 2010
Can California's budget-stricken government be improved through citizen engagement and civic developers? If a new application contest that launches this week bears digital fruit, there just might be an app for that. The state of California will partner with Microsoft, Google and Programmable Web to run an apps contest this… read moreMay 28 2010
The past week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington showcased the culmination of months of planning, particularly the international nature of the movement towards open government and open data. read moreTim Berners-Lee on Data.gov.uk, open linked data and open standards
May 27 2010
Tim Berners-Lee spoke at the Gov 2.0 Expo about open standards, the open web, and how to judge the success of open government efforts. read moreCrisis Commons releases open source oil spill reporting
May 26 2010
The new iPhone and Android apps will allow organizations responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to report on the go. "The cool thing about the app is that the photos and information will be open to anyone to use," said Heather Blanchard, co-founder of Crisis Commons. read moreMay 21 2010
Bernard Kouchner may have written that the "universal spirit of the Enlightenment should run through the new media" but this week, the zeitgeist of the government information revolution online was powered by open data. read moreApp contests are unlocking government innovation
May 21 2010
Peter Corbett has helped usher in a wave of development innovation within government by spearheading a number of app contests. In this interview, Corbett looks at the surprising success of the contest model and offers guidance -- and a few warnings -- for organizations considering their own innovation contests. read moreOpen space data can improve lives (and save birds)
May 21 2010
Jeanne Holm, the former chief knowledge architect at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses her efforts to build an an international ontology for space data. read moreApplying social software to digital diplomacy at the U.S. State Department
May 19 2010
Richard Boly, director of the Office of eDiplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, talks about internal collaboration tools at the agency, including Diplopedia and the development of "StateBook." read moreMay 14 2010
In this week's Gov 2.0 review: Open government, open data, moving .gov into the cloud, crisis response, Government 2.0 events and more. read moreWhite House moves Recovery.gov to Amazon's cloud
May 13 2010
Recovery.gov will be the first government website to be hosted within Amazon.com's public cloud. read moreWhite House deputy CTO Noveck on next steps for open government
May 13 2010
Improving government transparency is an immense challenge. Implementing the participation and collaboration elements of the Open Government Direction will be an even bigger conundrum. read moreCraig Newmark on better government through enlightened customer service
May 12 2010
The founder of craigslist.org talks about electronic privacy, Facebook, identity and trust online, and how social media can be used in and by government. read moreBetter government through code
May 11 2010
The new non-profit Code for America teams cities and developers to create civic-minded web and mobile applications. Founder Jennifer Pahlka discusses the organization and its mission in the following interview. read moreMay 07 2010
Topics in this week Gov 2.0 Week in Review include: Open 311, OGI, open government, open source, revisiting net neutrality and disaster response 2.0. read moreHow government can engage young people online
May 06 2010
Young people don't want to be the government's friend on Facebook. They aren't likely to welcome an official dropping into an online conversation uninvited. And if you want to communicate with them where they live, you need to be on mobile. These are just a few of the insights danah… read moreBuilding better White House policy through online citizen engagement
May 05 2010
Building an effective strategy for online engagement in government new media means upgrades to IT infrastructure, policy and legal reviews, and embracing the principles of open government: participation, collaboration and transparency. read moreApril 30 2010
In this week's round-up of Gov 2.0 news: Open government assessed, web managers meet, Britain's social media election and Internet Policy 3.0. read moreHealth IT committee has six months to define insurance enrollment standards
April 30 2010
The HIT Standards Committee considered its new assignment in a recent meeting: comprehensive insurance plan enrollment standards support. read moreSetting White House priorities for electronic privacy: HIT, smart grid and education
April 28 2010
White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin offers some perspective on the online privacy priorities of the Obama administration at Privacy Camp D.C. read morePew Report: Citizens turning to Internet for government data, policy and services
April 27 2010
A new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that 40 percent of U.S. Internet users go online for data about government spending and policy. read moreApril 24 2010
The pace of innovation and policy in the government 2.0 world hasn't slackened. Here's a round-up of gov 2.0-related news from the last week. read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts

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