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Secrecy Is Google's Achilles Heel In Battle For The Cloud
Google is trying to position itself as a more reliable IaaS provider than Amazon Web Services. But given that its cloud technology is proprietary, can it meet enterprise demands for openness and transparency? Read More »
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Seen To Be Done: Opening Access To Justice In Victoria [Australia]
The Victorian state parliament is currently considering the Open Courts Bill (2013) after questions have been raised about just how much transparency is needed in the justice system. The bill, proposed by the government, centres on suppression orders and follows several controversies in Victoria and elsewhere over the past five years. Read More »
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Senator Assails Court’s Decision on Montana Campaign Contributions
Jon Tester, Montana’s buzz-cut farmer-senator, reacted angrily on Monday to the Supreme Court’s summary dismissal of his state’s 100-year-old ban on corporate campaign contributions, calling it another blow to democracy. Read More »
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Senators Grassley, Wyden Call For More Billing Transparency
“Medicare is a $500 billion program with billions of dollars going out in error each year,” Grassley said June 4 in a news release. “The bad actors get bigger and bolder all the time. They stay out of law enforcement’s reach all too often. It’s time to try new things.” Read More »
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Senators Grassley, Wyden Call For More Billing Transparency
“Medicare is a $500 billion program with billions of dollars going out in error each year,” Grassley said June 4 in a news release. “The bad actors get bigger and bolder all the time. They stay out of law enforcement’s reach all too often. It’s time to try new things.” Read More »
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Series: Introduction To Anti-Corruption Mapping
This blog series will focus on anti-corruption and transparency mapping. We’ll post about best practices and feature some of the strategies to connect policy and action with online savvy. Our community strategy is aimed to connect topical mappers to build and learn together... Read More »
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Seven For ‘13
Ewan Davis looks back at 2012 and identifies the trends – from hackdays to open source to patient-held records – that will reshape NHS IT in 2013 and beyond. Read More »
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Shine A Light
This is Sunshine Week across the country. It’s a time when newspapers, press organizations and journalists extol the virtues of open government and promote the importance of access to public information.This is Sunshine Week across the country.
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Should The DoD Buy Epic, Or Cerner, Or GE, Or…?
The Department of Defense (DoD) is in the market for an EHR solution… again. After a lengthy foray into building its own EHR from scratch (AHLTA), [...] and another shorter detour [...] with the Veteran Administration (VA), [...] the DoD announced that it will begin looking for a commercially available product to suit the DoD’s unique needs. Read More »
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Slavery In Supermarket Supply Chains Can And Must Be Eliminated
The continued enslavement of migrants working in the Thai fishing industry highlights flaws in the monitoring of suppliers Read More »
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So Much For Exporting Democracy: Afghanistan Is As Corrupt As North Korea
After 12 years, nearly $700 billion, and more than 2,000 dead U.S. soldiers, here's what the United States has to show for its efforts in Afghanistan: a government that's perceived to be as corrupt as North Korea, according to a new report from the anti-corruption group Transparency International. Read More »
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Socrata Raises $18M For Platform To Open Government Data
Socrata has raised $18 million to further the extension of its open-data platform now used at all levels of government to present information for the general public. Read More »
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Socrata’s New 2014 Benchmark Report Shows Rapid and Widespread Adoption of Open Data By Governments
...the research confirms that open data is growing quickly; that governments throughout the country have already realized the benefits of open data; and that open data is, and will be, a primary tool for governments to interact with their many stakeholders.
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Sophomore class of Presidential Innovation Fellows announced
The White House welcomed 43 innovators into federal service today, as a new round of Presidential Innovation Fellows was tapped for duty. Read More »
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Sorry, Open Source Isn't The Panacea For HealthCare.gov
Open-source advocates think open source is the answer to all HealthCare.gov woes. But it's not that simple. Read More »
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