Vivek Kundra and other District of Columbia government employees talk about promoting more transparent government & more efficient delivery of government services through their use of Google Apps. He has been recognized for his work in developing programs to spur open source and crowd sourced applications using publicly accessible Web services from the District of Columbia with an initiative called Apps for Democracy, which he created with iStrategyLabs.
His efforts to use cloud-based Web applications in the District government have been considered innovative within government.
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Vivek Kundra on Google Apps and transparent government
Friday, March 6th, 2009World in Numbers: Top H1B Sponsors 2008
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009- Infosys Technologies Limited 4559
- Wipro Limited 2678
- Satyam Computer Services Limited 1917
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1539
- Microsoft Corp 1037
- Accenture Llp 731
- Cognizant Tech Solutions Us Corp 467
- Cisco Systems Inc 422
- Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited 403
- IBM India Private Limited 381
- Intel Corp 351
- Ernst & Young Llp 321
- Patni Americas Inc 296
- Terra Infotech Inc 281
- Qualcomm Incorporated 255
- Mphasis Corporation 251
- Kpmg Llp 245
- Prince Georges County Public Schs 239
- Baltimore City Public Sch System 229
- Deloitte Consulting Llp 218
- Goldman Sachs & Co 211
- Everest Business Solutions Inc 208
- Verinon Technology Solutions Ltd 208
- Google Inc 207
- East Baton Rouge Parish School Sys 205
7 mistakes to avoid when applying for that tech job
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Among other things: Be specific about your skill set, but don’t list technologies that were popular 15 years ago unless they relate to the job you’re applying for.