Politics, Policy, and Technology

White House unveils cloud computing initiative

Daniel Terdiman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:24:00 PDT

The effort, aimed at reducing spending on IT infrastructure, cutting environmental impacts, and streamlining government IT, will likely take years to implement.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

Open Access to New Wireless Spectrum?

Donnie Fowler — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:11:00 PDT

The Federal Communications Commission in January will auction off perhaps the most lucrative wireless radio space in history. First, it must write the rules dictating how that spectrum will be used by the auction winner. Big players like Google, Verizon

New Web site proposes creating congressional legislation online

Donnie Fowler — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:20:00 PDT

New blog site, started by political veterans and bloggers, is trying something new--allowing Net roots activists to help write legislation.

Hype or hope? CNN-YouTube debates make a splash

Donnie Fowler — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PDT

An interesting, creative twist on a town hall? People are getting involved in old-fashioned politics in a new-fashioned way.

Campaign 2008: Small Internet donations add up

Donnie Fowler — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:33:00 PDT

Small donors are having a significant impact on the amount of money that the Republican and Democratic candidates for president are raising.

FCC wireless auction for police and fire departments too

Donnie Fowler — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:51:00 PDT

Government officials are writing rules to determine how to use extremely valuable wireless spectrum that will be auctioned in September to the highest bidder.

Blogger Civility? One Leading Blogger Offers Standards

Donnie Fowler — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:23:00 PDT

Should the blogosphere accept civility standards for itself? On leading blogger, Lisa Stone at BlogHer believes so and is advocating that everyone adopt some rules of their own.

What the Internet Has Wrought: Presidential Fundraising '00, '04, '08

Donnie Fowler — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:12:00 PDT

As the Republican & Democratic presidential candidates report their fundraising numbers after two quarters, there are lots of stories to tell. The most important? What the Internet has done to bring sums of money unimagined in 2000 & 2004.

Are stem cells Republicans or Democrats?

test — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:20:00 PDT

There are ways to see the debate in DC over federal funding for stem cell research as a typical partisan brawl between Republicans and Democrats. The reality, though, is not that clear as Americans overwhelmingly support increased government support for

Do political bloggers matter? Of course not, except when they do

test — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:17:00 PDT

The political blogosphere, a technology that has shaken up politics, does not matter as much as they want to, but surely matters as much as any major constituency group in the Republican and Democratic Parties.