Author: DXO
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How to Look Up Federal Government Spending on Technology
There are a number of ways to research technology spending by the federal government: Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation: this is good for looking at the total amount of contract awards. USA Spending: this is good for looking up actual revenue flows— amounts actually earned. Functions sort of like a check ledger. CALC:…
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Muslim Ban Protests, O’Hare International Airport, January 2017
Today I participated in and took photos at protests of the Trump Muslim Ban at O’Hare International Airport. Here are pall of the pics on Google photos and some here, below. We will resist.
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Macroeconomics, Window Shopping, & Imperfect Markets
Today I gave the following presentation to the Macroeconomics class at West Chicago Community High School: Macroeconomics, Window Shopping, & Imperfect Markets.
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On Obama Farewell Speech, Chicago, January 2017
Shawn-Laree and I met in October 2008, just before the election of Barack Obama. One of our first dates was at Grant Park, on Election Night. By the time his second election night happened, we were married more than a year, and we were there, too. So today was a bittersweet trifecta for us— returning…
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Open Data: Roots, Impact, and Promise
Here’s the full text and slides from a talk I gave this morning at The White House Open Data Innovation Summit.