TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

He has also served as senior tech advisor to Mike Bloomberg, focusing on helping startups and nonprofits at the intersection of tech, software and government at the federal, state and local levels. Tech talent can thrive in the public sector but government must invest in it. More posts by this contributor. Mike Ference. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We propose that governments should systematically support funding for their diaspora founders, not just founders locally. Then you have national and local governmental organizations interested in promoting economic growth and job creation. Our proposal is that many governments that are not major tech hubs (i.e.,

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2021

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ended a year-long review of claims that some Tesla vehicles were accelerating without warning , saying there is not enough evidence to open a full investigation. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a probe into Tesla’s Autopilot software, citing the cars’ repeated collisions with parked emergency vehicles. Wired ’s report notes that both Tesla and Volvo’s driving assist manuals warn drivers about this problem.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. By creative, I mean it’s not just in Minnesota, it is national. Mary’s Pence is creative in funding ESPERA.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2010

Government as usual is changing fast, because it needs to. Education the way we've always done it isn't meeting the needs of our nation. At my nonprofit tech company Benetech, our team applies successful models from Silicon Valley to better solve really important social problems.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But it has its eye set on an old, gargantuan problem: wasteful spending in the U.S. But the question of how to fix the paperwork problem happened to be a blind spot in healthcare research. spent about 8% of its GDP on “administration and governance.” ” The other nations spent an average of 3% on that category. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

With additional education girls earn more, contribute to higher rates of economic growth on the national level, delay the onset of sexual activity, are less likely to contract HIV, have smaller and healthier families, and survive childbirth at higher rates, he noted. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities. Yet, accessible e-books could be helping millions more students in the United States and worldwide.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The UK failed to add nearly 16,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus to its national track and trace system due to an unspecified “technical issue.” When I first heard that cases were missing I thought “can’t be an Excel problem, the rows run out at 1,048,576 which is bigger than even total cases”. Unbelievable.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

We’re concerned that NVIDIA controlling Arm could create real problems for NVIDIA’s rivals by limiting their access to key technologies, and ultimately stifling innovation across a number of important and growing markets. National security was also a potential concern.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The US government has released updated figures on the number of companies and federal agencies it believes were impacted by the recent SolarWinds hack. “As The scale of the attack means that it may be many months before the government completes its investigation. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The world’s problems are many, and we keep seeing opportunities for technologists to address those problems effectively. We believe that having more minds working simultaneously on a problem increases the odds of solving that problem well and quickly. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile! This is a huge legal victory!

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

Nonprofit organizations are among the strongest bridges that connect global problems with solutions. In other words, the effectiveness of the charitable work ultimately falls to how the nonprofit is governed. Another contributing factor to the complicated nature of nonprofit governance structure is that of an organization’s lifecycle.

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The Verge

MAY 10, 2021

The group behind the ransomware that took down Colonial Pipeline late last week has apologized for the “social consequences,” claiming that its goal is to make money, not cause societal problems. It reads: We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for other our motives.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery – Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As These are some links I wanted to share from October 28th. Find me on Delicious for more! ″ consultants."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery - Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As These are some links I wanted to share from October 28th. Find me on Delicious for more! ″ consultants."

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

We know that organizing for justice at a global company like Alphabet does not stop at national boundaries,” said Parul Koul, executive chair of the Alphabet Workers Union and a Google software engineer, in a statement. If they’re acting in this way nearly entirely unchecked by governments then there is no hold on what they can do.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Look to the corporate sector, government, civic, or other associations or non-profit organizations to find collaborators who will add value. What you want are allies to provide a hedge against the unexpected. It may take some mental wrangling.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cultivate Innovation and Problem Solving Whether entrepreneurs inherit a gene for invention or not, once they are thrown into the business shark tank, they quickly learn to swim. leaders imagine the next problem before it surfaces and are willing to test, experiment, and iterate until they find the solution. Association 4.0

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

” Small towns and local governments are largely unable to fend off ransomware attacks on their own. Nation-state hackers are undermining human rights and the security and privacy of millions by hacking into phones using undisclosed security flaws. Overseas cyberattacks are hitting public services like healthcare at home.

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

Riding the wave of global awareness for the need to stay competitive, Tanzania has taken some positive steps forwards, including government investments in a fibreoptic backbone as well as strategic initiatives around promoting start-ups. industry in Tanzania. In one word, that issue is trust.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Prioritize Value Stephanie Mercado, CAE, Executive Director, National Association for Healthcare Quality Make value the priority. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? It also makes it possible to be more fearless tackling tough problems. Are you focusing sufficient attention on that area?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

government agencies — including the departments of Commerce , Energy and Treasury. We’re just beginning to understand the extent of their infiltration, but this story brings to light what the cybersecurity industry has already known: Solving the cybersecurity problem will take more time and resources than we are currently allocating.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Stepanie’s first tip is to start with local funders who often give smaller grants and also tend to have fewer strings attached than those from larger private or especially government agencies that have high administrative overhead. The problem is that, as in love, a perfect match is rare. Federal Government Grants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. This includes the kind of legal advocacy pursued by the National Federation of the Blind in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Technical measures alone cannot solve the space sustainability problem. The on-orbit servicing market must be driven by national space policies and international standards that directly support satellite servicing. Who’s taking responsibility? On-orbit services – the key to a sustainable future.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. Unemployment remains among the highest levels in the nation, with many more underemployed and in dire financial straits. Meyer Memorial Trust can’t solve Oregon’s problems, but we’re willing to step up and try to jumpstart us in a better direction.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

We’ve got a lot of problems. We all know the limitations of the different traditional approaches to solving problems. Charity, business, and government, all accomplish great things but have their limitations. These are the same people who said that the market would solve all problems and that more deregulation would be better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. All good stuff, and I'm not at all against any of this, of course, and I think as a short-term way out of the worst of our current problems, it makes a boat load of sense.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

With little government support for fostering STEM and tech opportunities for Black girls, how can parents, family members, and teachers make up the difference? That being said, addressing the gaps in representation isn’t a technology problem, it’s a human problem. One that is safe, inclusive, and joyful.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. So that’s our job.” France and Germany.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2014

UNDP’s network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals. Use of social media to discuss the world’s most pressing problems has move from under the table, onto the wall, and now with yesterday’s online event engaged many new voices. . — Caleb Tiller (@CMTiller) January 14, 2014.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

Main Sequence , the venture firm founded by Australia’s national science agency, announced today a new $250 million AUD (about $194.3 Launched in 2017 by government agency CSIRO (the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Main Sequence now manages a total of $490 million AUD, including the CSIRO Innovation Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

Information found in Form 990s, like other important data collected by governments, could potentially be far more useful if it were not only public but ‘open’ data. Government and philanthropy leaders talk today about this groundbreaking research, and you can tweet @AspenInstitute to join the conversation.

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