Alex Howard
Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O'Reilly Media, where he writes about the intersection of government, the Internet and society, including how technology is being used to help citizens, cities, and national governments solve large-scale problems. He is an authority on the use of collaborative technology in enterprises, social media and digital journalism. He has written and reported extensively on open innovation, open data, open source software and open government technology. He has contributed to the National Journal, Forbes, the Huffington Post, Govfresh, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, CBS News' What's Trending, Govloop, Governing People, the Association for Computer Manufacturing and the Atlantic, amongst others. Prior to joining O’Reilly, Mr. Howard was the associate editor of SearchCompliance.com and WhatIs.com at TechTarget, where he wrote about how the laws and regulations that affect information technology are changing, spanning the issues of online identity, data protection, risk management, electronic privacy and cybersecurity. He is a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Balancing health privacy with innovation will rely on improving informed consent
In the age of big data, Deven McGraw emphasizes trust, education and transparency in assuring health privacy.
With new maps and apps, the case for open transit gets stronger
OpenPlans looks to improve transportation infrastructure with open data and open source code.
The risks and rewards of a health data commons
John Wilbanks on health data donation, contextual privacy, and open networks.
Palo Alto looks to use open data to embrace ‘city as a platform’
Palo Alto CIO Jonathan Reichental talks about the city's vision for open data.
On email privacy, Twitter’s ToS and owning your own platform
The lesson from this week's #TwitterFail is that publishers of all sorts should own their own platform.
Mobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo
The World Bank found the ROI in open government through civic participation and mobile phones.
Esther Dyson on health data, “preemptive healthcare” and the next big thing
Dyson says it's time to focus on maintaining good health, as opposed to healthcare.
Mr. Issa logs on from Washington
The tech entrepreneur turned legislator on open government, data, regulatory reform and his new foundation.
An interview with Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on open government, personal data ownership, a digital Bill of Rights, Internet freedom, regulation, and more.
