Topic: The White House

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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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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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

White House Economic Advisor thinks Google Search is Evidence that Economic Plan is Working!

Since fewer people are searching the words "economic depression" - the White House believes that - is proof their plan is working. Maybe everyone stopped searching "economic depression" and began searching Monster, Career Builder, words like "unemployment benefits" or they had to sell their computer! READ»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

Congress Seeks "Kill Switch" For Internet

Congress is considering legislation that could give the President power to shut down large swaths of domestic Internet traffic, should he perceive a threat to national security. The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 would give the government ...READ»

Will Obama be the Sustainability President?

IN the midst of President <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/politics/20text-obama.html">Barack Obama's inaugural address</a> some very promising statements on energy.First, he recognized both the environmental ...READ»

Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition

Ah, Vegas: the lights! The millions of sparkly, shiny, it-looks-like-it's-day-even-at-night lights! Sin City's electrical consumption means about 1.2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year, which makes it the perfect place to ...READ»

Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»