Profile of J. Nicholas Hoover
Senior Editor, InformationWeek Government
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Articles by J. Nicholas Hoover
posted in March 2012
3/29/2012
Obama administration announced plans to fund R&D push for big data analysis, for applications ranging from health to defense.
3/26/2012
Federal Trade Commission requests legislation on privacy and data brokers and continues to push for a Do Not Track program.
3/16/2012
Atlas includes images and data about more than half a trillion objects throughout the universe, from stars to asteroids--and the whole thing is available online for free.
3/15/2012
New Digital Operations Center will help the American Red Cross respond better to disasters. Dell's social command center served as the model.
3/13/2012
Department of Homeland Security structure and standards will apply to government and private sector entities.
3/9/2012
Todd Park, CTO of Health and Human Services Department, gets the nod as the new federal chief technology officer. Park is known for his open government work.
3/8/2012
Digital Operations Center, backed by Dell technology, will track social media to help determine where to focus its disaster-relief efforts.