On October 19, Secretary Clinton, accompanied by Ambassador Rice and myself, released the Obama Administration's new comprehensive strategy to confront the serious and urgent situation in Sudan. As mentioned in my past blog post, the strategy focuses on t
Gary Chapman, of the University of Texas, has created this way of envisioning the relationship between income and obesity. Concept: the shading varies with the obesity rate divided by median household income. This is a not-immediately-obvious way to prese
If you're a lobbyist / advocate, conspiracy theorist or Freakonomics fan, then you'll love DataMasher. The map-based mash up site just took the Sunlight Foundation's $10,000 grand prize in theApps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge. DataMasher offers u
Imagine a way to explore and have fun with government data.
The winners of Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest say that 'fun' was part of their winning formula.
The Alexandria-based Forum One just won the $10,000 first place prize at the O'Reilly M
An interactive color-coded map showing the distribution by state of funding by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. You can filter the data by year or recipient type. Global and U.S. views are offered.
Legistalker.org was named by AppScout.com as a top site for smart students. From AppScout: "The name says it all. This site helps you stalk Senators. Want to keep tabs on John McCain now you can see any tweets he's made or where he has popped up in the ne
This week the Sunlight Foundation announced the finalists in its Apps for America 2 contest, which challenged the public to come up with innovative applications using the data feeds from the recently launched Data.gov. Sunlight Labs received 47 entries si
During my career as a Web strategy consultant I've often had people ask me, "How do I do social media?" Unfortunately the answer isn't simple. But the first step is the same as if you developing any other marketing strategy: know your market. To "know you
Companies are dropping Internet Explorer 6 in droves and vendors are quickly following the lead by sunsetting support.
It's a pretty safe move on the vendor's part. Data collected by the exo.performance.network shows how quickly companies are dropping th