Information Economy

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Data Innovation in Government

January 24, 2013 - 9:00am - 10:30am
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
1101 K Street NW
Suite 610A
Washington
DC
20005

As part of Data Innovation Day, ITIF will host a panel discussion on how government agencies are using data to make government work more effectively and efficiently. This panel will discuss recent examples of data innovation in the federal government, including efforts to open government data sets and collaborate with the private sector. Read more »

Data Innovation in Government

January 24, 2013
A panel discussion on how government agencies are using data.

As part of Data Innovation Day, ITIF hosted a panel discussion on how government agencies are using data to make government work more effectively and efficiently. This panel discussed recent examples of data innovation in the federal government, including efforts to open government data sets and collaborate with the private sector. Join us for a conversation with experts from the public and private sectors who are leading these changes.

Follow the Data Innovation Day conversation with #datainnovation.

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Data Innovation in the U.S. Economy

January 24, 2013
A discussion highlighting interesting examples of how data innovation is transforming different sectors of the economy.

As part of Data Innovation Day, ITIF hosted a panel discussion highlighting interesting examples of how data innovation is transforming different sectors of the economy. Panelists dicussed the technologies behind the current era of big data, notable uses of data innovation in action, and opportunities to better leverage data in industries such as health care, energy, finance, and transportation. 

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2013 State of the Net Conference: Day 2 - Panel 2

January 23, 2013
Rob Atkinson presentation at the 2013 State of the Net Conference.

Rob Atkinson presented on the Day Two panel "The Internet Leadership Challenge: Restoring America to Economic Greatness Through Sound Internet Policy" as part of the 2013 State of the Net Conference. 

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5 Q’s on Data Innovation with Hudson Hollister
January 14, 2013
| Blogs & Op-eds
Daniel Castro
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Hudson Hollister is founder and executive director of the Data Transparency Coalition, a trade association that is advocating for policies that will require federal agencies to publish their data online using standardized, machine-readable, non-proprietary identifiers and markup languages, talks to Daniel Castro about how data transparency is unfolding in the federal government.

Celebrating the Possibilities of Data

Data Innovation Day highlights benefits for the public and private sector, Jan. 24

WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) - The unprecedented volume of data being generated by today's computing infrastructure is transforming our society and creating significant advancements such as new methods of producing products, managing operations and reforming healthcare. Read more »

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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank at the cutting edge of designing innovation strategies and technology policies to create economic opportunities and improve quality of life in the United States and around the world. Founded in 2006, ITIF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-partisan organization that documents the beneficial role technology plays in our lives and provides fact-based analysis and pragmatic ideas for improving technology-driven productivity, boosting competitiveness, and meeting today's global challenges through innovation. For additional information, visit ITIF at www.itif.org.

Five Q’s on Data Innovation with Terry Milholland
January 9, 2013
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Daniel Castro
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Terry Milholland is the Chief Technology Officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Before coming to the IRS, he had a long career as a technology leader in the private sector at companies such as Visa, EDS and Boeing. ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro asked Terry to discuss his experiences at IRS and emerging trends on the use of data in government.

5 Q’s on Data Innovation with Dr. Dan Riskin
December 12, 2012
| Blogs & Op-eds
Daniel Castro
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Dr. Dan Riskin, CEO of Health Fidelity, a leading provider of natural language processing solutions, reflects on how data-driven innovations are transforming the health care industry.

FCC to FAA: Let's Get Real About Device Use on Planes

TechNewsWorld
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/FCC-to-FAA-Lets-Get-Real-About-Device-Use-on-Planes-76816.html

As of 2012, approximately 103 million Americans listen to Internet radio each month.

Many different platforms provide consumers access to music services, such as terrestrial radio (i.e., traditional AM/FM over-the-air radio), satellite radio, Internet radio, and subscription music services on cable TV. However, the rules used to determine which types of royalties each platform must pay and how much each has to pay vary from service to service. While the existing royalty system was created to foster innovation and facilitate fair compensation, today it achieves neither goal. Read more »

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Edison Research and Arbitron, "The Infinite Dial 2012"
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