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Interesting Comments on Proposed Government Open Source Mandates

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 10:54 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Open Source Mandates

A lot of attention is being given to Sun CEO Scott McNealy's recent call for a government open source software mandate. One of the best responses -- with good technological and economic counter-arguments -- comes from Network World's Microsoft...
Tech Companies Take Their Issues Right to the Web

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 1:01 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,R&D,Economic Stimulus,Health IT

Many companies and organizations voice their public policy concerns and arguments directly through blogs. Some time ago, Google launched its Public Policy Blog , where a number of participants blog on a range of issues, sometimes Google-specific topics...
Q&A: Advice to the next Homeland Security CPO

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 8:31 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:European Union,IP,Privacy

In yesterday's Computer World, Jay Cline interviews departing chief privacy officer at the Department of Homeland Security, Hugo Teufel. Teufel delivered his address, "Reflections on My Time as DHS CPO of the War on Terror," to the Twin...
Update: White House Takes Notice of Concerns about YouTube Exemption

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 7:08 PM by aphraner

Filed under:CNET,Obama Administration,Privacy

The Obama administration has been quick to act, which now includes making changes regarding the privacy concerns with embedded YouTube vides on whitehouse.gov. Yesterday, I posted about a CNet story that was causing quite a buzz on Twitter. The article...
White House Exempts YouTube?

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 1:33 PM by aphraner

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda,CNET,Privacy

The new president is in and the new web site is up. The White House is all a bustle: new faces, new names and new policies. This includes a new privacy policy for whitehouse.gov - one with an exemption for YouTube from long-term tracking cookies. It is...
Technology Nuggets from President Obama's Inaugural Address

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 6:33 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Obama Administration,Health IT

A thousand other commentators will be discussing the historical importance of today's Presidential Inauguration -- so I won't comment on that. I will say that I continue to be very impressed by the substance and delivery of Barack Obama's...
A Tale of Two CEOs: What Do You Think Makes a Good Tech Leader?

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 11:30 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Technology Leadership

This week, the tech press and blogosphere are awash in stories about two CEOs, one an institution --Steve Jobs, the other a newcomer (this time around) -- Carol Bartz. This happenstance pairing raises interesting questions about what factors make a good...
Drawing Closer to a CTO?

Published Wed, Jan 14 2009 4:21 AM by aphraner

Filed under:Obama Administration,CTO

UPDATE: Business Week is reported (January 15th) that Barack Obama will appoint as the federal Chief Information Officer either Padmasree Warrior, the CTO at Cisco Systems or Vivek Kundra, the CTO for Washington, D.C. For interesting anaylsis on the pending...
Friedman Proposes a Policy to Improve Education in the U.S.

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 1:56 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Economic Stimulus,Education

Yesterday, New York Times columnist (and Pulitzer winner) Thomas Friedman proposed a simple idea to improve education and create a foundation for long-term economic growth: eliminate the federal income tax for school teachers. You can read the whole column...
Economic Stimulus and IT Jobs

Published Fri, Jan 09 2009 1:40 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda,Policy Beat,Economic Stimulus,IT Jobs

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) just released a policy report entitled, "The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America." ITIF essentially proposes targeted...
The VFI 2009 U.S. Technology Policy Agenda: Please Add Your Name in Support

Published Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:33 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda

After a process lasting a few months and the participation of many Voices for Innovation members, VFI has just posted our 2009 U.S. Technology Policy Agenda . Please review the Agenda and use the online tool to add your name in support. This Agenda will...
Obama CTO--Is Tomorrow the Day?

Published Tue, Jan 06 2009 12:12 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda,Policy Beat,Obama Administration,CTO

There is speculation that tomorrow could be the day that President-elect Obama will name the Chief Technology Officer. As noted on the VFI Blog Watch , BBC News' Maggie Shiels suggested this yesterday on her blog . The names that are being discussed...
Digging Out: Online Privacy in the NY Times, Entrepreneurs in Argentina

Published Mon, Jan 05 2009 1:02 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Privacy,Venture Capital,Entrepreneurs

Okay, I'm back and digging through news, blogs, email, junk mail, and so on. The tech world didn't rest, but I did. Tracking back over the past two weeks, two items caught my eye that I think are worth sharing on the Voice of Innovation blog....
Who Should Control the Internet?

Published Fri, Jan 02 2009 4:32 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Regulation,Legal

Jason Lee Miller of WebProNews posed that very question in an article he authored on December 22 nd . Miller thinks that we are witnessing "the potential handover of Web content to the FCC and/or other regulatory agencies." He notes that self...
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope--Worth Checking Out!

Published Fri, Jan 02 2009 3:54 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Fun News

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope (WWT) was launched last year and is a "web 2.0 visualization software" that allows the computer to "function as a virtual telescope." The site, which is a collection of images shot from telescopes...

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Interesting Comments on Proposed Government Open Source Mandates

Tech Companies Take Their Issues Right to the Web

Q&A: Advice to the next Homeland Security CPO

Update: White House Takes Notice of Concerns about YouTube Exemption

White House Exempts YouTube?

Technology Nuggets from President Obama's Inaugural Address

A Tale of Two CEOs: What Do You Think Makes a Good Tech Leader?

Drawing Closer to a CTO?

Friedman Proposes a Policy to Improve Education in the U.S.

Economic Stimulus and IT Jobs

The VFI 2009 U.S. Technology Policy Agenda: Please Add Your Name in Support

Obama CTO--Is Tomorrow the Day?

Digging Out: Online Privacy in the NY Times, Entrepreneurs in Argentina

Who Should Control the Internet?

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope--Worth Checking Out!