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Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: M-1l-20 – Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies from Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 28, 2011 “Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: “On December 9,2010, President Obama signed into law the Telework Enhancement Act of …
U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010 – April 2011, Zeth Lietzau, Jamie Helgren. This study was funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) by the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education. “It’s well known that technology is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and that many public libraries …
“A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program’s funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households. The study, Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case …
The Mobile Movement Understanding Smartphone Users – Google/IPSOS OTX MediaCT U.S., April 2011 General Smartphone Usage: Smartphones have become an integral part of users daily lives. Consumers use smartphones as an extension of their desktop computers and use it as they multi-task and consume other media. 81% browse the Internet, 77% search, 68% use an …
The big four phone carriers spill on their location and customer data collection policies: “The recent uproar over location tracking in smartphones has gotten ugly and fingers are bound to be pointed. But in the spirit of transparency, the four major carriers have outlined and detailed their location tracking applications s well as what exactly …
Rethinking Music: A Briefing Book Compiled and Presented By The Berkman Center for Internet & Society At Harvard University, April 2011. “The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to present this briefing book to participants in the Rethink Music conference. The book includes the Centers own framing paper, which introduces a number of …
News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Access have launched an international campaign for HTTPS Now, rallying consumers around the world to help us make web surfing safer. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) protects web surfing by encrypting requests from a user’s browser and the resulting pages that are displayed, but many websites default …
NYT: “As technical problems interrupted computer services provided by Amazon for a second day on Friday, industry analysts said the troubles would prompt many companies to reconsider relying on remote computers beyond their control…Amazon set up a side business five years ago offering computing resources to businesses from its network of sophisticated data centers. Today, …
5 Myths About the ‘Information Age’, by Robert Darnton, professor and university librarian at Harvard University. This essay is based on a talk he gave last month at the Council of Independent Colleges’ Symposium on the Future of the Humanities, in Washington – snipped: “Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led …
“Federal agencies can improve the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of large-scale IT systems by learning from each other, and by leveraging best practices in the private and public sectors. The CIO Council created and will continue to evolve this Best Practices information-sharing platform to realize those benefits. Agencies will be aggregating case studies, lessons learned, and …
Information 2.0 and Beyond: Where are we, where are we going? by Kristen Purcell, Mar 29, 2011 at APLIC’s 44th Annual Conference in Washington, DC
“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for a number of web-based initiatives, including development of the website healthcare.gov which provides a variety of health information and helps individuals find coverage options. Therefore, understanding the level and quality of Internet access among those groups most likely to benefit from reform, such as the uninsured, those with …
