Yesterday, Ed Rendell and Scott Smith, former Governor of Pennsylvania and current Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, respectively, published an op-ed (gated) in the Wall Street Journal claiming that the United States must dramatically increase its public investments in infrastructure if it hopes to get its economy back on track.  Their lead paragraph: During this time [...]

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On August 4, 2011, the White House announced the appointment of Steven Van Roekel to replace Vivek Kundra as the new federal Chief Information Officer (CIO).  With 15 years of experience as a Microsoft executive, as well as two years of service as the managing director of the Federal Communications Commission, Van Roekel brings both [...]

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