January 2011 Blog Posts (7)

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The State Department's DipNote blog is run on Wordpress software.  An interesting online initiative for the State Department is to license DipNote blog framework public domain and make its theme available for download on pages at wordpress.org and state.gov. A website model for distributing the DipNote Wordpress framework can be found at Pagelines.…

Mobile banking is a tried but untested form of financial service in Haiti. Over the next few months, Dr. Baptiste, Dr. Taylor and Dr. Horst will be chronicling its rollout in light of their 2010 report on domestic remittances findings. Welcome to the Haitian Mobile Money blog at the website for the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion. Read their introductory blog post: "The rollout of Mobile Money in Haiti."…

The top three companies were founded by a tribal leader, three friends from university, and a Pakistani-American from Silicon Valley. 

The Pakistan Fast Growth 25 companies have grown an…

http://dickey.dartmouth.edu/component/content/article/285-an-independent-commentary-on-the-qddr

December 22, 2010

An Independent Commentary on the QDDR

INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We -- former and retired career officials from State and USAID -- are pleased to offer an independent…

This OSFA report will surely be among the topics at our Feb. 11 Open Source event, but here's an excerpt of their conclusions:

"As previously discussed, Open Source for America recognizes that this is the first year under which agencies are operating under their Open Government Plans. As such, the results show solid commitment to transparency and public feedback, as well as…

HMMI First to Market Award Press Release

Gates Foundation and U.S. Government Give $2.5 Million Prize for Transforming Banking Sector in Haiti



Mobile operator Digicel becomes first recipient of mobile money fund in Haiti



Seattle/Port-au-Prince, Haiti – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the…

The United States' CIO, Vivek Kundra, today issued a new memo instructing government IT officials to consider purchases "free of preconceived preferences based on how the teclmology is developed, licensed or distributed." This means, the memo says, that open-source products should be part of the mix. News, for the federal government.

See more at http://cio.gov/documents/technology-neutrality.pdf