Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Correspondent for O'Reilly Media. Before joining O'Reilly, Howard was the associate editor of SearchCompliance.com at TechTarget. His work there focused on how regulations affect IT operations, including issues of data protection, privacy, security and enterprise IT strategy. Howard's previous work experience includes working in operations for an e-business consultancy, as a knowledge broker for a management consulting firm, as an apprentice to a master home builder and, very briefly, as a garde manger at an outstanding Italian restaurant.
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- Towards a more open world, May 01 2013
- Linking open data to augmented intelligence and the economy, April 30 2013
- White House Science Fair praises future scientists and makers, April 29 2013
- Finding and telling data-driven stories in billions of tweets, April 18 2013
- Sprinting toward the future of Jamaica, April 18 2013
- Predictive analytics and data sharing raise civil liberties concerns, April 11 2013
- Sensoring the news, March 22 2013
- The City of Chicago wants you to fork its data on GitHub, March 19 2013
- GitHub gains new prominence as the use of open source within governments grows, March 08 2013
- If followers can sponsor updates on Facebook, social advertising has a new horizon, March 07 2013
- Untangling algorithmic illusions from reality in big data, March 06 2013
- Untangling algorithmic illusions from reality in big data, March 04 2013
- On the power and perils of “preemptive government”, February 28 2013
- Governments looking for economic ROI must focus on open data with business value, February 25 2013
- White House moves to increase public access to scientific research online, February 22 2013
- VA looks to apply innovation to better care and service for veterans, February 21 2013
- Personal data ownership drives market transparency and empowers consumers, February 13 2013
- Looking at the many faces and forms of data journalism, February 07 2013
- Investing in the open data economy, February 05 2013
- NASA launches second International Space Apps Challenge, January 31 2013
- Open data economy: Eight business models for open data and insight from Deloitte UK, January 28 2013
- Making open data more valuable, one micropayment at a time, January 23 2013
- U.S. House makes legislative data more open to the people in XML, January 11 2013
- Want to analyze performance data for accountability? Focus on quality first., January 10 2013
- 14 big trends to watch in 2013, December 22 2012
- Big, open and more networked than ever: 10 trends from 2012, December 22 2012
- Six ways data journalism is making sense of the world, around the world, December 20 2012
- DARPA and Defense Department look to a more open source future, December 18 2012
- Making dollars and sense of the open data economy, December 11 2012
- Panjiva uses government data to build a global search engine for commerce, December 06 2012
- The United States (Code) is on Github, December 06 2012
- As digital disruption comes to Africa, investing in data journalism takes on new importance, November 29 2012
- U.S. Senate to consider long overdue reforms on electronic privacy, November 27 2012
- Investigating data journalism, November 26 2012
- 3 big ideas for big data in the public sector, November 15 2012
- An innovation agenda to help people win the race against the machines, November 14 2012
- In the 2012 election, big data-driven analysis and campaigns were the big winners, November 08 2012
- Charging up: Networking resources and recovery after Hurricane Sandy, November 02 2012
- NYC’s PLAN to alert citizens to danger during Hurricane Sandy, October 30 2012
- Tracking the data storm around Hurricane Sandy, October 29 2012
- What I learned about #debates, social media and being a pundit on Al Jazeera English, October 22 2012
- San Francisco looks to tap into the open data economy, October 19 2012
- Data from health care reviews could power “Yelp for health care” startups, October 17 2012
- The missing ingredient from hyperwired debates: the feedback loop, October 03 2012
- Four key trends changing digital journalism and society, September 28 2012
- Congress launches Congress.gov in beta, doesn’t open the data, September 19 2012
- A marriage of data and caregivers gives Dr. Atul Gawande hope for health care, August 30 2012
- President Obama participates in first Presidential AMA on Reddit, August 29 2012
- Balancing health privacy with innovation will rely on improving informed consent, August 23 2012
- With new maps and apps, the case for open transit gets stronger, August 13 2012
- The risks and rewards of a health data commons, August 09 2012
- Palo Alto looks to use open data to embrace ‘city as a platform’, August 02 2012
- On email privacy, Twitter’s ToS and owning your own platform, July 31 2012
- Mobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo, July 30 2012
- Esther Dyson on health data, “preemptive healthcare” and the next big thing, July 26 2012
- Mr. Issa logs on from Washington, July 25 2012
- Do citizens have a ‘right to record’ in the digital age?, July 25 2012
- Rethinking regulatory reform in the Internet age, July 25 2012
- Should the Freedom of Information Act extend to data in private companies?, July 25 2012
- Does the Open Government Partnership merit more oversight and attention?, July 25 2012
- Uncertain prospects for the DATA Act in the Senate, July 25 2012
- We the People need our existing Bill of Rights to apply in the digital domain, July 14 2012
- UK Cabinet Office relaunches Data.gov.uk, releases open data white paper, June 29 2012
- Predictive data analytics is saving lives and taxpayer dollars in New York City, June 26 2012
- The emerging political force of the network of networks, June 22 2012
- mHealth apps are just the beginning of the disruption in healthcare from open health data, June 08 2012
- Can Future Advisor be the self-driving car for financial advice?, June 04 2012
- US CTO seeks to scale agile thinking and open data across federal government, May 29 2012
- Knight Foundation grants $2 million for data journalism research, May 24 2012
- White House launches new digital government strategy, May 23 2012
- Data journalism research at Columbia aims to close data science skills gap, May 22 2012
- What do mHealth, eHealth and behavioral science mean for the future of healthcare?, May 21 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Data News Editor, May 15 2012
- Passage of CISPA in the U.S. House highlights need for viable cybersecurity legislation, April 27 2012
- What responsibilities and challenges come with open government?, April 18 2012
- 21st century smarter government is 'data-centric' and 'digital first,' says US CIO, April 12 2012
- Open source is interoperable with smarter government at the CFPB, April 10 2012
- Carsharing saves U.S. city governments millions in operating costs, April 10 2012
- What is smart disclosure?, April 01 2012
- FTC calls on Congress to enact baseline privacy legislation and more transparency of data brokers, March 27 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Homicide Watch, March 17 2012
- HHS CTO Todd Park to serve as the second chief technology officer of the United States, March 09 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Storyteller and The Teacher, March 08 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Hacks Hacker, March 08 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Data Editor, March 06 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Daily Visualizer, March 06 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The API Architect, March 05 2012
- OpenCorporates opens up new database of corporate directors and officers, March 05 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Visualizer, March 02 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Human Algorithm, March 02 2012
- In the age of big data, data journalism has profound importance for society, March 01 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Elections Developer, March 01 2012
- Profile of the Data Journalist: The Long Form Developer, March 01 2012
- Data for the public good, February 22 2012
- Building the health information infrastructure for the modern epatient, February 21 2012
- The bond between data and journalism grows stronger, February 14 2012
- A global pulse of big data, applied for good, February 14 2012
- Open innovation works in the public sector, say federal CTOs, February 13 2012
- Jury to Eolas: Nobody owns the interactive web, February 10 2012
- With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform, February 01 2012
- "The President of the United States is on the phone. Would you like to Hangout on Google+?", January 24 2012
- The week the web changed Washington, January 20 2012
- Can Maryland's other "CIO" cultivate innovation in government?, January 11 2012
- 2011 Gov 2.0 year in review, December 30 2011
- There's a map for that, December 20 2011
- Where is the OkCupid for elections?, December 15 2011
- Tapping into a world of ambient data, December 13 2011
- Can the People's House become a social platform for the people?, December 12 2011
- White House to open source Data.gov as open government data platform, December 05 2011
- Gov 2.0 enters the mainstream on NPR and the AP, December 01 2011
- Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries, November 22 2011
- The future of social media at the National Archives, November 18 2011
- Civic media competition attracts a new generation of change agents, November 14 2011
- The maker movement's potential for education, jobs and innovation is growing, November 04 2011
- International Open Government Data Camp looks to build community, October 15 2011
- On the media reaction to the death of Steve Jobs, October 09 2011
- How data and open government are transforming NYC, October 07 2011
- How data and open government are transforming NYC, October 07 2011
- For local news, TV is dominant but the Internet is our digital future, September 26 2011
- For local news, TV is dominant but the Internet is our digital future, September 26 2011
- BuzzData: Come for the data, stay for the community, September 20 2011
- Liveblogging the Open Government Partnership (OGP) launch, September 20 2011
- Historic global Open Government Partnership launches in New York City, September 20 2011
- Putting innovation and tech to work against breast cancer, September 16 2011
- Global Adaptation Index enables better data-driven decisions, September 15 2011
- Look at Cook sets a high bar for open government data visualizations, September 07 2011
- Government IT's quiet open source evolution, September 01 2011
- Social, mapping and mobile data tell the story of Hurricane Irene, August 26 2011
- The Daily Dot wants to tell the web's story with social data journalism, August 25 2011
- Everyone jumped on the app contest bandwagon. Now what?, August 19 2011
- Visualizing hunger in the Horn of Africa, August 19 2011
- Opening government, the Chicago way, August 17 2011
- FCC contest stimulates development of apps to help keep ISPs honest, August 10 2011
- Open source maps tell data journalism stories in Afghanistan, August 08 2011
- Energy.gov relaunches using open source and the cloud, August 04 2011
- Scaling Google+, August 02 2011
- Nebula looks to democratize cloud computing with open source hardware, July 27 2011
- A refresh for open government in British Columbia, July 26 2011
- There are bigger issues surrounding the .gov review, July 14 2011
- Creating the ideal conditions for tech startups, July 13 2011
- If you can quantify the self, can you also program it?, July 11 2011
- Open government data to fuel Kenya's app economy, July 08 2011
- Data journalism, data tools, and the newsroom stack, July 05 2011
- Citizen science, civic media and radiation data hint at what's to come, June 29 2011
- Big data and open source unlock genetic secrets, June 24 2011
- Civic Commons taps tech to make government work better and cost less, June 02 2011
- Why the eG8 mattered to the future of the Internet and society, May 31 2011
- At the eG8, 20th century ideas clashed with the 21st century economy, May 27 2011
- Parsing a new Pew report: 3 ways the Internet is shaping healthcare, May 12 2011
- BrightScope liberates financial advisor data, May 09 2011
- Interactive mapping and open data illustrate excess federal property, May 05 2011
- A Manhattan Project for online identity, May 04 2011
- Open source tools look to make mapping easier, April 26 2011
- Ignite Smithsonian examines the evolution of museums and culture, April 13 2011
- What happens to e-government if government shuts down?, April 08 2011
- Open source is mission critical for NASA, April 07 2011
- FCC.gov reboots as an open government platform, April 05 2011
- White House releases IT Dashboard as open source code, March 31 2011
- 4 SXSWi themes reveal the story within the story, March 29 2011
- For election info, the Internet reaches a new high-water mark, March 22 2011
- Citizensourcing smarter government in New York City, March 08 2011
- Social media in a time of need, March 07 2011
- Empowering digital diplomacy at the edge of the network, March 01 2011
- Phase2 acquires two more Drupal distributions, February 22 2011
- Apple iTunes gifts users with a privacy hole, February 18 2011
- Broadband availability and speed visualized in new government map, February 17 2011
- Google Public Data Explorer goes public, February 16 2011
- Parsing open source at the State Department, February 11 2011
- "Copy, paste, map", February 08 2011
- A new challenge looks for a smarter algorithm to improve healthcare, February 03 2011
- Granicus opens government with streaming video, February 02 2011
- Social data and geospatial mapping join the crisis response toolset, January 27 2011
- New geolocation app connects citizen first responders to heart attack victims, January 25 2011
- The role of the Internet as a platform for collective action grows, January 21 2011
- OpenGovernment.org connects state government to citizens, January 18 2011
- 4 civic innovation organizations to watch in 2011, January 14 2011
- House.gov moves to Drupal, January 13 2011
- 2010 Gov 2.0 Year in Review, December 29 2010
- Citizen engagement platforms grow in 2010, December 24 2010
- The growing importance of data journalism, December 21 2010
- Steve Wozniak on the FCC and Internet freedom, December 21 2010
- Energy.gov to move to Drupal, December 17 2010
- 3 News Foo themes that continue to resonate, December 16 2010
- Open data study shows progress, but a long road ahead for open government, December 16 2010
- White House proposes sweeping federal IT reforms, December 09 2010
- "Then and now" with an augmented reality twist, December 09 2010
- Dipity taps data for infographics and revenue, December 07 2010
- 7 areas beyond gaming where Kinect could play a role, December 03 2010
- Gov 2.0 events: Civic hackivists gather globally, December 02 2010
- A deeper dive into Do-Not-Track, December 02 2010
- Coding the middleware for government data, November 23 2010
- Samantha Power on transparency, national security and open government, November 19 2010
- The story of BrightScope: Data drives the innovation economy, November 18 2010
- Open health data: Spurring better decisions and new businesses, November 12 2010
- Boston's real-time transit data: "Better than winning the World Series", November 11 2010
- Twitter: A standard-issue tool for government leaders, November 10 2010
- Local government: data supplier, November 09 2010
- Geeks and government converge at the FCC, November 09 2010
- Election 2010: A refresh for Gov 2.0?, November 05 2010
- Energy data in action, October 26 2010
- "Shiny app syndrome" and Gov 2.0, October 22 2010
- Gov 2.0 goes local, October 15 2010
- 10 Lessons for Gov 2.0 from Web 2.0, October 06 2010
- The convergence of Google, government and privacy, September 24 2010
- ECPA reform: Why digital due process matters, September 23 2010
- 2010 is the year of participatory platforms, September 17 2010
- CrowdConf explores distributed work, September 17 2010
- We're in open government's beta period, September 14 2010
- Widgets, maps and an API make World Bank data sing, September 10 2010
- As California goes, so goes the nation?, September 09 2010
- Civic Commons code-sharing initiative bids to reduce government IT costs, September 08 2010
- Bringing open government to courts, September 06 2010
- "Spontaneous collaboration" and other lessons from the private sector, September 06 2010
- FCC.gov poised for an overdue overhaul, September 02 2010
- Applying the lessons of Enterprise 2.0 to Gov 2.0, August 27 2010
- Tracking the signal of emerging technologies, August 26 2010
- Space IT, the final frontier, August 20 2010
- Linked data is opening 800 years of UK legal info, August 18 2010
- Tracking the tech that will make government better, August 17 2010
- Hearing those digital cries for help, August 11 2010
- Data as a climate change agent, August 10 2010
- Online privacy debates heat up in Washington, August 06 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, August 06 2010
- Open government is a mindset, July 27 2010
- Web 2.0 risks and rewards for federal agencies, July 23 2010
- Social Security in the Gov 2.0 age, July 19 2010
- Taking on IT challenges at California scale, July 14 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review: Summer Heatwave, July 09 2010
- Gov 2.0 Down Under: Australia and open government, June 25 2010
- OMB updates rules for cookies and privacy on U.S. government websites, June 25 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, June 20 2010
- NASA technology leads to better medical decisions, June 16 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, June 13 2010
- Here come the healthcare apps, June 11 2010
- Cloud computing saves L.A. millions in IT costs, June 09 2010
- Technology for Internet freedom and innovation at the State Department, June 08 2010
- Should the U.S. support Internet freedom through technology?, June 08 2010
- Connecting the dots with Intellipedia, June 03 2010
- Making community health information as useful as weather data, June 02 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, May 28 2010
- California: There's an app for that, May 28 2010
- Tim Berners-Lee on Data.gov.uk, open linked data and open standards, May 27 2010
- Crisis Commons releases open source oil spill reporting, May 26 2010
- Open space data can improve lives (and save birds), May 21 2010
- App contests are unlocking government innovation, May 21 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, May 21 2010
- Applying social software to digital diplomacy at the U.S. State Department, May 19 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, May 14 2010
- White House deputy CTO Noveck on next steps for open government, May 13 2010
- White House moves Recovery.gov to Amazon's cloud, May 13 2010
- Craig Newmark on better government through enlightened customer service, May 12 2010
- Better government through code, May 11 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, May 07 2010
- How government can engage young people online, May 06 2010
- Building better White House policy through online citizen engagement, May 05 2010
- Health IT committee has six months to define insurance enrollment standards, April 30 2010
- Gov 2.0 Week in Review, April 30 2010
- Setting White House priorities for electronic privacy: HIT, smart grid and education, April 28 2010
- Pew Report: Citizens turning to Internet for government data, policy and services, April 27 2010
- Gov 2.0 week in review, April 24 2010
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