The future of the Internet is in the cloud, and it has implications for every sector of our society, especially government and business.
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on cloud computing including a keynote address from Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel of Microsoft Corp. Smith unveiled a policy [...]
Without a doubt, lots of (read: unprecedented) progress was made in the government 2.0 world in 2009. We saw the first federal CIO and CTOs appointed, the launch of Apps.gov and even the White House embracing the open source Drupal content management system for their Web site.
At this pace, 2010 will be an even better [...]
Scribd, SlideShare and 19 other social media tools are featured on Apps.gov, the General Services Administration’s new government cloud computing Web site that launched today.
U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced the site, writing in a post on the White House Blog:
Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies to quickly browse and purchase cloud-based [...]
President Obama today announced former District of Columbia Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra will be the new federal chief information officer. Rumors had been swarming recently that Kundra, 34, would be appointed as the first federal CTO — a position that remains vacant.
Nevertheless, Kundra’s announcement is great news. He really likes the iPhone and Web [...]
The Washington Post reports what has been speculated recently: Vivek Kundra, the D.C. CTO, will be named as President Obama’s CTO CIO. The announcement is expected tomorrow.
D.C.’s Tech Chief to Become Federal Information Officer (by Kim Hart, The Washington Post)
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