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Government's Idea of Innovation? A Crowdsourcing Web Site

Challenge.gov is all well and good, with big cash prizes for innovation, but we've seen a lot of this sort of thing before. Is this the best that America's CIO can come up with?READ»

Track Federal Spending on New, $8 Million IT Homepage, Dashboard and App

Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the U.S., today relaunched his IT Dashboard, a Web site (and now mobile app) that enables anyone to view the finest details of the federal government's $80 billion IT spending. Kundra told Politico ...READ»

White House Swings Open Its Digital Doors to Developers

The government's plan to make its online presence more user- and owner-friendly has been a long-term plan of the Obama administration. Last year, the White House switched from a proprietary content management system to Drupal, and on ...READ»

Vivek Kundra Outlines Ambitious Government Plans for I.T.

The University of Washington was the place to be yesterday. Aside from Steve Ballmer's speech extolling Microsoft's position on the Cloud, we had the President's Tech Wizard, Vivek Kundra, setting out his vision for getting the ...READ»

White House Unveils USASpending.gov to Track IT Spending

The U.S. government launched USASpending.gov, a Web site to track billions of dollars in government information technology spending. It's an official effort to be more accountable. The dashboard was unveiled at the ...READ»

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After FBI Raid, Obama's New CIO Vivek Kundra Takes Leave

After yesterday's FBI raid, Obama's new CIO, Vivek Kundra, is suddenly taking "a leave from his position," reports NBC. FBI agents raided Kundra's former office, where he was CTO of the Washington, DC district. Two former ...READ»

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Why Is the FBI Raiding the Office of Obama's New CIO?

Just the other day I wrote about Obama's newly appointed CIO, Vivek Kundra, and his love affair with Google, RIM, and Apple. Well, Microsoft may be in luck after all. This morning twelve FBI agents reportedly stormed the Washinton, ...READ»

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Who Does Obama's New CIO Love Most: Google, Microsoft, or Apple?

Ever since Vivek Kundra was appointed by Obama last week as the US's first Chief Information Officer, the blogosphere has been abuzz about what it will mean for tech juggernauts like Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The 34-year-old ...READ»