The House Commerce Committee has scheduled an April 17 markup of a bill that would codify the earlier sense of the Congress resolution endorsing the multistakeholder model of Internet governance.
Tech-savvy Newark Mayor Booker: Government flunking social media
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Cory Booker, the constantly tweeting mayor of Newark (NJ) who intends to run for the U.S. Senate, said that the federal government needs to reinvent the often overly formal way it uses social media.
Open Government Data Spurs Entrepreneurship and Jobs
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Our goal, as Presidential Innovation Fellows working with open data, has been to find, unlock, and promote the next wave of government data -- the next GPS -- that innovators can use to kickstart entrepreneurship, fuel new tools and apps, and create jobs.
Sec Clinton: Government Has Left Media Message Void That Jihadists Filled
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At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she created a new unit at the State Department to counter jihadist propaganda in social media.
The Agenda Of The Senate Judiciary Committee For The 113th Congress
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At the Georgetown Law Center, Sen Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussed the panel’s agenda for the 113th Congress.
How John Kerry Could Out-Internet Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
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You might call Hillary Clinton the ur-diplomat of the digital age. Under her guidance, the U.S. State Department embraced new technology in a way no secretary of state has done since the fax machine. For better or worse, Sec Clinton added a new dimension to the way Washington engages with the rest of the world. How might Secretary of State nominee John Kerry (D-MA) handle State's technological mandate?