STUDY: On Twitter, Congressional Republicans lead on engagement, links and...
Data from a new study on the use of Twitter by U.S. Senator and Representatives by public relations giant Edelman strongly suggests that the Grand Old Party has opened up a grand old lead in its use of...
View ArticleCoding for community: the story of an ideahack in Chicago
If you’re following the intersection of citizens, technology and cities in the United States in 2012, the story of Chicago is already on your radar, as are the efforts of Code for America. This month,...
View ArticleFTC releases final consumer privacy report, hosts Twitter chat to discuss...
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View ArticleHealth 2.0 Code-a-thon Creates Mobile and Web Health Apps With Open Data
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View ArticleGS Agility wins Startup Weekend DC with an idea to improve government...
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Can government innovation rise above partisan politics?
Earlier today, the White House announced the first class of Presidential Innovation Fellows. Following is the story you might have missed on the Twitter backchannel, followed by a NodeX graph of the...
View ArticleDo newspapers need to adopt data science to cover campaigns?
Last October, New York Times elections developer Derek Willis was worried about what we don’t know about elections: While campaigns have a public presence that is mostly recorded and observed, the...
View ArticleA Twitter chat with @VotingInfo on voting, elections and tech
Today, I hosted a Twitter chat with the Voting Information Project. They partner with states to provide official election data that developers can use to create free, open source tools for voters. I’ve...
View ArticleTo use social media in a time of need, start building networks before disasters
As is the case in every major event in the U.S., social media was part of the fabric of communications during Hurricane Sandy. Twitter was a window into what was happening in real-time. Facebook gave...
View ArticleElection 2012: A #SocialElection Driven By The Data
Social media was a bigger part of the election season of 2012 than ever before, from the enormous volume of Facebook updates and tweets to memes during the Presidential debates to public awareness of...
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