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Anonymity Starts Today

Caller ID. Just when everyone was getting comfortable with the concept, somebody goes and finds a loophole. The New York Times reports today that a company called Star38, out of California, is offering to cloak your outgoing phone ...READ»

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Post-White House Flexibility Forum: Where Does Flexibility Go From Here...

There’s no doubt in my mind that the universe has a sense of humor.  A couple of months ago, I solemnly swore that I would 100% disconnect from work when we went on vacation during my children’s Spring Break.  No email ...READ»

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From High-Tech Leader to President O-Spamma--What Happened?

Before he sat in the Oval Office, Barack Obama promised the world a high-tech, pro-science presidency. And over the last weeks his promise has come true: The Administration has embraced the high-tech world of spamming. Or is that ...READ»

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The White House goes GREEN: 5 Steps to a Better Brand

We could argue successfully that the White House is the premier organization devoted to the care of its constituents. The entire country is run out of the place -- citizens are the customers, or they should be. So if the White House ...READ»

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Innovation Wednesday: Oil Hits $100 A Barrel. Now What?

No matter how you modify it – call it light and sweet, or even crude – oil remains a problem that we just can’t seem to shake. That became painfully clear today, as an historic benchmark was reached, when oil reached $100 a ...READ»

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Obama's High-Tech Presidency Tackles Low-Tech White House

President Obama may have promised a new central role for science and technology during his inauguration, and his election campaign was the highest-tech yet seen...but on day one, the new administration's staff crashed headlong into a ...READ»

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What I Didn’t Get to Say to Michelle Obama (But Maybe My Message Still Got Through)

The National Design Award honoree took your statements about design and the U.S. all the way to the White House. Did he get his moment with Michelle?READ»

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Breakfast With Reagan (The Reagan Legacy Foundation)

The innocence of a three year old daughter is nothing short - of glorious. Sitting at the breakfast table, we often look out the patio doors to find a world of amazement. We look, and she comments, on everything from hummingbirds to bugs to squirrels. Yet today - was different. Today we had breakfast - with President Reagan.READ»

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New Appointment: White House Farmer? [updated]

Leaders of the new food culture say rip up the South Lawn and plant a vegetable garden. Is this the beginning of the recessionary Victory Garden?READ»

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The Trouble With Friending the White House

In the great wired tradition of his campaign, President Obama has opened White House accounts on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr (which delivered this photo, an instant classic). The accounts are part of the President's ...READ»

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White House Embraces Social Media.

What is Social Media? Wikipedia defines it. “At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content.”   With the success of Barack Obama’s ...READ»

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Should Artists be Government-Supported Activists? A Call From the NEA Raises Questions About Its Role [UPDATED]

A tireless campaigner for Obama who helped rally artists in support of the campaign has been removed from his role at the NEA after apparently asking artists to do the same thing for the White House's service initiative.READ»

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Initiative Alert! The Jobs Are Coming from *Inside* The White House!

What does $267 billion buy? Lots of jobs, the White House hopes. READ»

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The White House goes GREEN: 5 Steps to a Better Brand

We could argue successfully that the White House is the premier organization devoted to the care of its constituents. The entire country is run out of the place -- citizens are the customers, or they should be. So if the White House ...READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Design With a Purpose

The first time I went to the White House I was in grade school. This was back in the 1970s, when my family was in Washington, D.C., on vacation, and public tours were easy to arrange. My next visit, two decades later, was as a ...READ»

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The Digital Experience

W. Russell Neuman is a professor of media technology at the University of Michigan. Formerly, he worked as a senior policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His GEL presentation touched on the true ...READ»

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As Always, We Begin With Fodder For Thought

Listen. Think. Communicate. Do. http://web.archive.org/web/20041030103328/www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/1999-12/analysis/ The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White ...READ»

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Under First Open-Source Prez Obama, White House Adopts Drupal, but at What Cost?

What do the White House and FastCompany.com have in common? The both run on Web engine Drupal. The White House has just switched over. Obama loves some open-source, it seems. When Bush was still sitting in the big chair, the White ...READ»

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The White House goes GREEN: 5 Steps to a Better Brand

We could argue successfully that the White House is the premier organization devoted to the care of its constituents. The entire country is run out of the place -- citizens are the customers, or they should be. So if the White House ...READ»

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Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

Is the White House more of a museum than a working office? Does it even have WiFi? MSNBC has reported that on their first day on the job, Obama's White House staffers suffered from downgrades on every front. During the campaign and ...READ»

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The White House on Your iPhone: A Propaganda Tool?

Well, the fervor for iPhone apps can't reach any higher in the U.S. now: The White House has just launched its own app, with live content updates direct from the seat of power. But is this a democratizing move, or mere ...READ»

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Outsourcing: What's Next? II

There has been some interesting discussion on my previous blog entry about outsourcing to India. FC Now reader "M" comments: what are we gonna outsource next? the president..well that might not be such a bad idea. no offense, but ...READ»

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Work/Life: Bill and Hillary, Sittin' in a Tree

CEO Dad’s Tuesday Tirade…. I talked to a fellow at a party this past weekend that was disproportionately indignant about the way Bill Clinton is out there stumping for his wife. I say “disproportionately” because there are ...READ»

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New Website Lets Citizens Express Frustration With Congress

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA – Speak Out, Speak Up, Let your voice be heard ! Take your country back ! In response to taxpayer frustration with Congress’ disregard for the financial well-being of our country, and the future of the ...READ»

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FCC Cancels Whitespace Free Wi-Fi Meeting

First George W. expressed his disapproval of the future-thinking nationwide free Wi-Fi service, and now the FCC has simply cancelled a meeting that was scheduled this week to discuss the issue.The December 18th meeting was due to be ...READ»