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Joshua Levy and Micah L. Sifry have a June 4 article at techPresident noting that among the major presidential candidates, only Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has taken advantage of new software on the Facebook social networking site to broaden his Web presence. (Portions in bold are my emphasis):TechPresident’s Alan Rosenblatt took an early look at the new feature and the Obama application, which allows Facebook members to see new videos and messages from the campaign and share them with their Fa...

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Chief information officers, security officers, data officers. States, cities, counties. All year we track the public-sector tech leadership changes across the country. Here's who went where in 2022.

The state’s chief technology innovation officer and leader of the Office of Enterprise Technology within the Department of Technology stepped down this month. He had held the role since February 2021.

During a virtual summit this week, California technology leaders discussed how they think about the process of innovating digital services in state government — from concept modeling and gathering support to execution.

Changes in California’s technology leadership at the state and county levels were among the headlines in 2021 for <i>Techwire</i> readers. Here’s an overall look at key IT executive changes across the U.S.

Expectations for California’s digital response to the pandemic were high, given the talent in the state. The state didn’t meet those high expectations, he said, but it did pretty well

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers recently honored people and projects that have demonstrated innovation in technology within the public sector, and named a new president.

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 Getty Images The tech industry watched in horror as hordes of President Donald Trumps supporters breached multiple barriers, clashed with law enforcement officers, and stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday while Congress was meeting to certify the results of the 2020 general election. "Today is another 9/11. This time it is white terrorists attacking our country," Villi Iltchev, a partner at Two Sigma Ventures, tweeted.  Last November, many venture capitalists hailing from the liberal b...