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What I Heard for Tech Business in the State of the Union Speech

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:21 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Education,Business Development,Jobs

The State of the Union speech is its own special genre. Presidents aim to deliver the right tone and right messages for a range of audiences. Sometimes the messages are direct, and sometimes they are more subtle. Often, these speeches are long on ideas...
What I’ll Be Listening for in the State of the Union Address

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 9:42 PM by stuartmckee

Filed under:Obama Administration,open government,Job Growth,Economic Opportunity

Tomorrow, President Obama will travel 1.2 miles from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress and the American people. If I could give the President one piece of advice in advance, it would be to read New...
Microsoft's Brad Smith Advances Policies for Cloud Computing

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 1:13 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:cloud computing,Security,Privacy

Earlier today, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith delivered the keynote speech at a Brooking Institution event entitled, "Cloud Computing for Business and Society." Smith urged Congress and the IT industry to take steps that help cloud computing thrive...
Steve Ballmer on CNBC Talks about Government and IT

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 3:58 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Obama Administration,open government,Steve Ballmer

Last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was among a group of technology leaders who met with President Obama to discuss using IT to improve government. From in front of the White House, Ballmer spoke with Mario Bartiromo on CNBC's "Closing Bell"; the video...
From Port 25: Edmonton Using Microsoft's Open Government Data Initiative Solution

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 11:59 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:cloud computing,Standards,open government,Azure

In August 2009, Voices for Innovation published an "Intersections" discussion with Dan Kasun about Open Government and Microsoft's launching of the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI). Now the first major implementation of OGDI has been announced....
Repost: Steve Ballmer, "The Power of Technology to Transform Government"

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 2:02 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:open government,Azure,Steve Ballmer

The following post was published earlier today on the Microsoft Blog. Microsoft CEO, along with other IT business leaders, is meeting with President Obama to discuss how IT can improve government operations and services. We've added emphasis to a couple...
A Curtain Raiser on VFI Open Government Policy Discussion

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 6:09 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:IP,open government,Procurement Preferences

Over the last several weeks, Voices for Innovation has focused on the healthcare debate and health IT. Stuart McKee wrote an "Ask the NTO" blog post, " Growing Health IT Momentum ," and we have had a strong membership response to our healthcare reform...
New Website with Technology Policy Papers by Leading Academics

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 3:16 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,IP,Interoperability,Competition

I just got a heads up about a new IT policy website called "Technology-Academics-Policy" (TAP) . If you want to take a deeper dive into policy discussions around intellectual property (IP), competition, privacy, security, etc., this is a great place to...
Healthcare Policy and Health IT on VFI

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 11:31 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Health IT

This month on Voices for Innovation, we'll wrap up the VFI Healthcare Policy and Health IT Flash Poll. If you haven't taken it yet, please do so at this link . There is a wide range of discussion about the healthcare reform bill, which passed the Senate...

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What I Heard for Tech Business in the State of the Union Speech

What I’ll Be Listening for in the State of the Union Address

Microsoft's Brad Smith Advances Policies for Cloud Computing

Steve Ballmer on CNBC Talks about Government and IT

From Port 25: Edmonton Using Microsoft's Open Government Data Initiative Solution

Repost: Steve Ballmer, "The Power of Technology to Transform Government"

A Curtain Raiser on VFI Open Government Policy Discussion

New Website with Technology Policy Papers by Leading Academics

Healthcare Policy and Health IT on VFI