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Washington, DC "hill rat" Rob Pierson announced in a Twitter update that he started his first day as the Director of New Media for the US House of Representatives Democratic

Today President Barack Obama announced the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) during remarks at the National Academy of Sciences. Notable among the list of names is

Today in his Weekly Address, United States President Barack Obama announced that he has appointed current Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra to be the nation's first ever Chief Technology

Today former Google.org global development head Sonal Shah was appointed to head the new White House Office of Social Innovation. The new office will fall under the Domestic Policy Council,

The U.S. Department of State announced today that it has appointed One Economy co-founder Alec Ross to be its new Senior Adviser on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In perhaps the most ironic US government new hire so far this year, the US Department of Homeland Security has appointed Microsoft chief security strategist Philip Reitinger to help secure

There are reports this week that President-elect Barack Obama will announce the appointment of Julius Genachowski to be the next United States Federal Communications Commission Chairman. Genachowski was Obama's Chief