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• Obama Appoints CIO and FCC Chairman

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Fri 6 Mar 2009 at 20:37

  Type

  Blog Entry

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  Yesterday, President Obama officially announced that Vivek Kundra would serve as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the White House. The CIO is "responsible for oversight of federal technology spending" and "oversees enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability and information sharing and ensure information security and privacy across the federal government". Kundra will work closely with the Chief Technology Officer that Obama has yet to appoint. Kundra is a known open source and cloud-based application supporter. Earlie…

• Technology in the '08 US Presidential Election

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Mon 6 Oct 2008 at 8:28

  Type

  Article

  

  In the mists of the potential collapse of the entire world economy, we are going to compare Obama's and McCain's policies on ... technology! We're geeks, what would you expect? We all supported Ron Paul, so we already knew about the impending economic doom... Anyhow, here we take a look at each ticket's policies on net neutrality, broadband availability and speed, promoting research, online privacy, intellectual property and patent reform, and incorporating technology into the government.

• Net Neutrality: Preserving the Free Internet

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sat 29 Dec 2007 at 11:15

  Type

  Article

  The freedom of the Internet is under attack by the telecommunication companies of the world, but particularly in North America. Net neutrality is essential in order to maintain the frontier-aspect of the Internet, allowing everyone to play on a level playing field. Without net neutrality being mandated by law, the Internet as we know it will cease to exist.