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The blog of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Zachary Tumin
Category Archives: Law
Why the Government Matters: A Primer for Data-Minded Entrepreneurs
by Vivek Mohan Washington can often be the last thing on an entrepreneur’s mind. And naturally so – the culture of bureaucracy and reputation for being out of touch is the last thing that someone working on the cutting … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Law
Tagged cloud, douglas, dystopia, ecpa, entrepreneur, fourth amendment, osborn, regulators, surveillance, warrant
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Technology Trips Over Democracy in Kenya
by Calestous Juma In a spectacular technological failure, Kenyan officials recently abandoned the electronic transfer of election results and switched to manual tallying. This was not expected in a country that developed the now world-famous mobile money transfer system, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, e-Government, Elections, Governance, Law
Tagged biometrics, elections, hersman, ifes, japakgis, kenya, safaricom, USAID, ushahidi, vodafone, voting
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The Cloud: Private as Curbside Garbage?
by Vivek Mohan It is no surprise to those following consumer or enterprise computing that we are moving inexorably towards the cloud. The availability of increased – and of increasingly mobile – connectivity to the Internet has allowed for the … Continue reading