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Gov 2.0: Exploring Data With Google's Crisis Response Team
May 27, 2010 | Technology lovers and data geeks from all over the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the Gov 2.0 Expo to explore the power of data and its emerging role in government. We spoke with Google's Natasha Wyatt about...
Terabytes of Tweets Headed to Library of Congress
April 15, 2010 | More than 6 billion public tweets -- the entire 'corpus' of the micro-blogging site Twitter -- are headed to the Library of Congress in the next few months. Martha Anderson, the director of the Library's national digital information infrastructure and...
Spotlight City: Tax Day Town Hall in Tampa
April 14, 2010 | All week in Tampa, we've been exploring what Americans think about their government, including reactions to the foreclosure crisis, health care reform, federal spending and more. A pivotal part of our coverage: a town hall meeting where local residents were...
USGS: 7.8 Quake Hits Sumatra, Tsunami Watch Lifted
April 6, 2010 | View Larger Map A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning local time near Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake triggered a tsunami warning in the region, but the Indonesian government lifted it within several hours. Officials...
iPad Roundup: What the Bloggers Have Said So Far
April 5, 2010 | Senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown takes the NewsHour's new iPad for a spin on the set. Photo by Kate Gardiner. Sixty-five days after it was announced, the iPad went on sale Saturday, selling more than 300,000 units before midnight. Analysts...
