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Gates visited White House in March

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was among President Obama's guests during the first few months of his term in the Oval Office, the White House said Friday.

josephtartakoff posted 38 hours ago from blog.seattlepi.com

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Drupal Moves Into the White House

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0000

The government has switched its public Web site to Drupal technology, giving a big boost to the open source software.

DailyTech Blog Feed found this 48 hours ago on bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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The House Health Bill: The House Ways and Means Amendments

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:31:59 +0000

Editor’s note: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently indicated she plans to use the House Ways and Means Committee version of health care reform as the base of the bill moving forward in the House. We’re reposting an analysis of what that bill looked like on the way out of committee and which ...

Rover found this 6 days ago on blog.heritage.org

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Obama strategy: Marginalize critics

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:26:44 +0000

Obama is working systematically to marginalize the most powerful forces behind the Republican Party.

The Foundry found this 13 days ago on politico.com

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White House dumps Bush' CMS for Open Source

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:10:39 +0000

The US government has swapped out its old CMS and has decided to go for Drupal, an open source content management system.

Technologizer found this 8 days ago on tgdaily.com

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House Republican Asks FCC to Stop Open Internet Vote

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:30:31 +0000

If you’re a fan of net neutrality, meet your next enemy. Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas , ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has asked the FCC to stop a planned vote on open Internet rules. Obama has pushed for the change, and it appears as if it will pass ...

Fast Company - Technology found this 13 days ago on technologizer.com

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Obama plans big smart grid announcement

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:33:41 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will involve the smart grid, which will help bring energy from clean domestic ...

Earth2Tech found this 8 days ago on reuters.com

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Obama puts full-court press on climate change foes

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:30:04 +0000

In the wake of its health care reform victory yesterday (the inclusion of a public option), the Obama administration today turned its attention to climate change — it’s other big campaign promise that has yet to come to fruition. While Energy Secretary Steven Chu lobbied for the ...

Earth2Tech found this 7 days ago on green.venturebeat.com

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Obama announces stimulus funding for the smart grid

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Earlier today, President Obama spoke at the opening of what's now the largest photovoltaic power installation in the US, using the opportunity to announce the funding of a different energy project: the modernization of the US electric grid. The two might seem ...

Gizmodo found this 6 days ago on arstechnica.com

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Obama Says Aptera's 3-Wheeler Is a Car

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31:00 +0000

Now that it's eligible for a Department of Energy loan, the California startup is filing a new application to finance production of a car we'll see next year.

Engadget found this 4 days ago on wired.com

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Obama’s climate focus continues with $2.2B in Treasury bonds for clean energy

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:00:03 +0000

Capping off day seemingly dedicated to climate change issues, the Obama administration had one more announcement in store: The Treasury Department released news that it is allocating $2.2 billion in bonds to support the efforts of 805 small-scale clean and renewable energy projects across the ...

Earth2Tech found this 6 days ago on green.venturebeat.com

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October 24, 2009 - President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:41:57 +0000

Authority Section 1135 of the Social Security Act [42 USC §1320b–5] permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain regulatory requirements for healthcare facilities in response to emergencies. Two conditions must be met for the Secretary to be able to issue such “1135 ...

Short Sharp Science found this 8 days ago on flu.gov

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"Changing the World Through the Web": Video Interviews with Zuckerberg, Kutcher, Shah and Rospars

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:10:44 +0000

Yesterday, BoomTown moderated a panel at California First Lady Maria Shriver’s well-known Women’s Conference in Long Beach, titled “Changing the World Through the Web” for a crowd of several thousand people. The panelists for my session at what has become one of the top forums for women’s ...

Digital Daily found this 3 days ago on kara.allthingsd.com

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Personal website of Dries Buytaert

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:17:03 +0000

Whitehouse.gov using Drupal Big, exciting news! The flag ship website of the U.S. government, Whitehouse.gov , just relaunched on Drupal. This is a big day for Drupal , and for Open Source in government, and something all of us in the community should be very proud of. First of all, I think ...

Open Source found this 12 days ago on buytaert.net

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Petition to President Obama, regarding transparency of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:40:30 +0000

The following is a petition to President Obama, asking that the negotiations regarding ACTA be made more transparent. You can sign the petition by sending a note to Malini Aisola at malini.aisola@keionline.org For more background on ACTA and the disputes over transparency, see KEI ...

Tech Daily Dose found this 5 days ago on keionline.org

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Radio 4 - Home

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:17:49 +0000

What is the "Topical Subjects and People" section on the Homepage? Radio 4 programmes are now being tagged to allow you to find all of our coverage about a particular person or subject, such as 'The Recession', 'Asthma' or 'Barack Obama'. The 'Topical Subjects and People' section on the homepage ...

T3.com All found this 5 days ago on bbc.co.uk

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President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to Spur Transition to Smart Energy Grid

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:04 +0000

ARCADIA, FLORIDA - Speaking at Florida Power and Light's (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation's transition ...

VentureBeat found this 7 days ago on energy.gov

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Obama’s fumbles on ‘Monday Night Football’

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:35:54 +0000

Remember that time President Bush interrupted the Emmy telecast to tell people we should support reform of Social Security before it bankrupted the country? Neither do I. Yet when I tuned in to watch "Monday Night Football" this week to check out t...

Cato @ Liberty found this 13 days ago on nypost.com

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President Obama Speaks on Clean Energy Today at MIT; Here’s How to Watch

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:41 +0000

energy , cleantech , policy Wade Roush wrote: When Air Force One touches down at Logan Airport at 11:30 a.m. today, there will already be a small crowd of students, faculty members, and local technology leaders waiting inside MIT’s Kresge Auditorium for President Barack Obama ...

Rover found this 11 days ago on xconomy.com

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