White House announces its own application store. Should governments promote their nation's IT companies?
With Apps.Gov, the White House yesterday launched a website that does so. It is an online storefront for federal agencies, but it is open to everybody. The store allows people to buy cloud-based IT services in four categories. In a posting on WhiteHouse.gov it is explained, that the goal of this project is a shift to online applications, data storage and processing power to reduce financial government waste and ease environmental impacts. In addition Apps.Gov is likely to create major market opportunities for IT companies. Cloud computing stores data and applications on third-party equipment anywhere, making it accessible from various devices. Kundra also stressed that security has high priority in the project, and that the government plans to follow different rules based on the type of information. The UK government declined to comment on whether it would follow suit with a similar scheme.
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The average American consumes a LOT of food and beverage over the course of a year. Just how much, you ask? In the United States, we take light switches and electrical sockets for granted. But how many of us know how much electricity we're using throughout the day, the week, or even the year? Or even where it comes from? This is a visual representation of just how much the spill was costing BP (and the rest of the world), in May 2010.
There are several key factors to take into consideration when deciding between a certificate of deposit (CD) vs. a savings account. There are also a number of different types of CDs to choose from, depending on what the customers specific needs for the money will be. It's no secret that America loves its entertainment, from movies to music to video games. Just how expensive is it to raise a child? Best Infographics of 2010 - VisualEconomics.com. The 18 Most Innovative Alternative News Stories Of 2010. As the definition of journalism is changing, so is our understanding of what constitutes a news story.
Technologists, reporters and citizen journalists continued to push the boundaries of innovative storytelling this year. Whether it was a traditionally print media company's approach to more multimedia storytelling or a private oil company's push to expand its transparency by providing live online video feeds, 2010 news consumers digested vital information in the most interesting of ways. Some of the examples we included won awards at the 2010 Online Journalism Awards conference.
You can click here to see more of the projects that were honored. La visualisation de données, enjeu du débat politique américain (via @Databasejism) Countless federal and local policies, especially the health care legislation, are being proposed and debated in Washington and across the country on an almost daily basis. Power players in these debates -- including Members of Congress, think-tanks and other organizations that have a stake in the legislation being debated -- must rely heavily on facts and figure to provide support for their stance on a piece of legislation.
Ultimately, using these numbers serves to convince the American public of the stance being taken by the organization or individual. While citing statistics -- like the anticipated cost of a bill or how it would impact an individual's federal income tax -- in a message adds credibility to an argument, it is often difficult for members of the public to fully grasp the meaning of these numbers because of a lack of context or background information.
But it's not enough to just produce the data visualization. Collage Overview - The canvas for your stories! The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later - A Division Through Time (via @ptaillandier ) EveryBlock A news feed for your block. A new way of looking at the world - (via @EricScherer )