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In a revolutionary move, Obama’s administration is set to utilise next generation web technologies to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to government. In this case it will shed light on how the roughly US $800 billion dollar economic stimulus will be spent. The recently launched recovery.gov website (powered by nothing other then Drupal) [...]

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President Obama’s team has sent a second letter to Congress urging that it delay next month’s transition from analog TV signals to digital.
The Washington Post reports that the letter, which was sent January 19, the day before Obama officially became president, says the nation needs more time to prepare for the transition.
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Names are already being floated as to who will likely be on the president-elect’s transition team, including advisors on issues involving technology and communications. Barack Obama is expected to appoint Washington, D.C., lawyer Henry Rivera to head the team focused on the FCC, reports Multichannel News, quoting informed sources. Rivera, who is [...]

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YouTube has turned down the McCain campaign’s request to personally evaluate the presidential candidates’ clips before removing them for alleged copyright infringement.
In a letter dated Oct. 14, YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine said the site removes clips once it receives takedown notices because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires it to do [...]

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Extending its tech-savvy strategy, the Obama campaign Thursday released an iPhone application that lets users enlist their support via the Apple device.
Heading into the home stretch of the presidential race, a key feature organizes contacts by battleground states to aid get-out-the-vote efforts. A user can track friends they’ve contacted, who they’re supporting [...]