TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
The U.S. government is the poster child for big data and today President Obama is set to announce a $200 million research program to bolster the tools and techniques needed to access, organize, and glean discoveries from huge volumes of digital data.
By Michael Cooney | 30 March, 2012 03:31
The U.S. government needs to stop wasting money on doomed IT projects and update outdated technology to better serve residents, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.
By Grant Gross | 15 January, 2010 08:13
White House Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra will explain how the federal government plans to offer cloud computing services to U.S. agencies at a Silicon Valley press event set for next Tuesday.
By Robert McMillan | 11 September, 2009 13:18
The real impact of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package on shrinking IT employment remains in the future, despite President Obama's plan, announced today, to expedite hiring of some 600,000 people over the next 100 days. Many of the jobs in this summer boost will be aimed at the construction and education fields and at young people.
By Patrick Thibodeau | 09 June, 2009 04:57
When he was a senator, President Barack Obama pitched the idea of of what was widely called a "Google-enabled government" to illustrate his interest in making public data easily searchable and accessible. But the White House's reported plan to appoint another Google executive to a top tech advisory post is, for some, carrying the idea too far.
By Patrick Thibodeau | 05 June, 2009 02:13
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