David Binetti's new venture is a Silicon Valley tech startup called Votizen, an online social network where voters can campaign for a candidate or a cause. With the 2012 campaign heating up, we spoke with Binetti about the disruptive impact of technology on the political landscape and the challenges of innovating in the federal government.READ»
Faced with budget cuts but armed with the knowledge that legions of space nerds are standing by to help them out, the space agency is making many of its projects open source.READ»
Over the past six months, Issa's launched an interactive subcommittee livestream, produced a new form of online polling, and sponsored a bill to make government spending trackable. READ»
International bodies, national governments, and even cities move at too glacial a pace to keep up with the latest innovations. But small groups in neighborhoods can start transforming where they live without outside help. It might be ...READ»
Unless the people who actually make policy understand the difference between the types of startups and the ecosystem necessary to support their growth, the chance that any government policies will have a substantive effect on innovation, jobs, or the gross domestic product is low.READ»
Two prominent advisers to the Joint Chiefs of Staff think adopting social and environmental change is the best path to maintaining America's global hegemony. READ»
Three years after the financial meltdown, housing prices are still in free fall while foreclosures keep rising. Many American homeowners, burned by the home-buying system, are defaulting on their mortgages, taking the hit to their ...READ»
Do you really know what your taxes are paying for? Google and Eyebeam gallery want you to figure out the answer, in their very first Data Visualization Challenge, which offers $10,000 in prizes. And as fodder for inspiration, they've ...READ»
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) wants the world to know that it loves social media--and just re-vamped its site to prove it. The K-9 cam video is the cutest thing since Keyboard Cat.READ»
Egypt's Internet may be back on, but that country's weeklong web blackout was a wake-up call to the rest of the world about just how fragile the intertubes really are. Ars Technica has a detailed technical breakdown of how Internet ...READ»
As a revolution unfolds, the forwardly fashionable, mobile operators, and even a purveyor of health foods have been caught up in Egypt's current chaos.READ»
I ask five "big questions" about government social media use to put technology, government, social engagement, citizens, and business together in a larger perspective: Who are the public faces of government agencies online?READ»
President Obama's State Of the Union speech gave some important cues to green innovators. So is it a message of hope, or a signal to pack your bags and head to China?READ»
The Constitution has been in the news lately on several fronts. Health care, WikiLeaks, and gun rights have become central pieces of discussion with the U.S. Constitution as the focus. Who has time to read it?READ»
Asia's leading scientific bodies meet in Beijing this week, trying to tackle the scale of Asia's elderly population, set to triple in some countries by 2050. READ»
We've been waiting for this, given some teasing leaks earlier this week, but now it's here: The FCC, via its chairman Julius Genachowsky, has officially staked its claim on the future of the Webs. Net Neutrality all the way. READ»
It has taken tentative steps in the right direction, with new ambitions to streamline the process and reduce backlog. But until legislation liberates the patent office, its mismanagement continues to amount to a tax on small businesses, say critics.READ»
