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Workforce Development Essential to Obama's Health Care IT Initiative

Julian L. Alssid and Jonathan A. Leviss | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Health Information Management Association, Health Care Technology, Hospitals, Information Technology, Technology, Medicine, Health Care, American Medical Informatics Association, Onc, Politics News
Julian L. Alssid and Jonathan A. Leviss

What remains unclear are the exact skills and expertise necessary for this health information technology workforce, a subject regularly debated by experts at all major health IT conferences.

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Revolution.com: Coming to Cuba and Nothing Can Stop It

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Internet, World, Censorship, Cuba, Human Rights, Cuban Revolution, Information Technology, Communications, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Even today, while behind closed doors they hold the closing ceremony of Information Technology 2009, already a new gap is opening somewhere, where we can pass without permission.

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A Googlement Above the People, Around the People, and Ahead of the People

Randall Amster | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Google, Internet, Google Earth, Twitter, Gps, Darpa, Total Information Awareness, Information Age, Surveillance, Shadow Government, Information Technology, Facebook, Myspace, Big Brother, New World Order, Brave New World, Media News
Randall Amster

Who else would you want keeping track of stuff, watching your back (and front), fighting our undeclared cyber-wars, and making the trains run on time? Next stop, Googletopia!

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Voting for Democracy: The Obama Vision of Open Government and Public Engagement

Peter M. Shane | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Obama, Civic Participation, Information Technology, Technology, Barack Obama, Civic Engagement, Communication, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

The Obama platform is something of a "Top Ten" list when it comes to proposals for federal leadership in revitalizing democracy through technology.

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Surge Of New Voters and Obama Campaign Efforts Tipping Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Soccer Moms, John McCain, Iraw War, Peter J. Boyer, Tim Kaine, OffTheBus News, Football, Barack Obama Polls, Barack Obama Taxes, Information Technology, Joe Biden, Race, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Virginia, New Yorker, Obama Rally, Voter Registration, Tipping Point, Mark Warner, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, White Voters, Home News
Diane Tucker

During the primaries Obama got trounced in southwestern Virginia. "Presence really matters," Gov. Kaine told Obama. "Go and show 'em you're really interested."

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China Gains Tech Trophy; Wake-up Call to the West

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: China Products, New Technology, Inventions, Information Technology, Technology, China Economy, China, Silicon Valley, Business News
Rebecca Fannin

Once it was Japan that threatened to be the major technological rival to the U.S. Now that trophy goes to China and its rapid climb from a low-cost producer to a high-tech inventive nation.

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Valley Workers Go "Topless" At Meetings

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphones, Information Technology, Topless, Mobile Phones, It, Business Meetings, Topless Business Meetings, Gadgets, BlackBerry Ban, Silicon Valley, BlackBerrys, Business News

As the capital of information technology, Silicon Valley may have more gadgets per capita than any other place on the planet. Yet, even here, "always ...

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