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Alex Howard

  • Writer and Editor, ePluribusUnum and OpenGov, Freelance
United States
As seen in: Medium, HuffPost, Nature, BuzzFeed, Mashable, PBS, The Atlantic, Yahoo Finance, MDPI, MIT Technology Review and
Covers:  open source, digital technology, open data, health it, city and county government, federal government, enterprise technology, government, health care, online politics, civic issues, federal it, digital media, innovation, privacy, big data, social media, open government, internet, technology, tech policy
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Alexander B. Howard is an independent writer and open government advocate based in Washington, DC. Howard has been honored twice by The Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington’s “TechTitans,” which recognized him as a “respected trend-spotter and chronicler of government’s use of new media.”

Over the years, Howard has appeared on-air as an analyst for All Things Considered, Marketplace, MSNBC, WHYY, WAMU, Federal News Radio, Al Jazeera English, and America, Washington Post TV, WJLA and a gu…

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Mobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo - O'Reilly Radar

Mobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo - O'Reilly Radar

In a world awash in data, connected by social networks and focused on the next big thing, stories about genui…

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Archive of Sunlight Foundation journalism, analysis and advocacy

Archive of Sunlight Foundation journalism, analysis and advocacy

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Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance - Nature Microbiology

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By William Hope, Michael Ferguson, Sharon J. Peacock, Iain Buchan, Alessandro Gerada, Alex Howard
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Combining antibiotics remains a promising approach to treat patients and to prevent the emergence of antimicrobial resistance This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles 118,99 € per year only 9,92 € per issue Buy this article...
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The Truman Commission showed Americans why Congress must not ignore the world’s wealthiest “dollar a year man” at DOGE

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By Alexander Howard, Alex Howard
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Good afternoon from Washington, where yesterday’s snowfall is melting faster than ethics standards and watchdogs in the Trump administration. Glad to see more folks subscribing to Civic Texts today: thank you.
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Trump's "blatantly unconstitutional" acts test the rule of law in the United States

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By Alexander Howard, Alex Howard
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Good morning from frigid Washington DC. It was quite a week. Thank you to new subscribers and long-standing members. Like many of you, I have been following the torrent of executive actions Trump has taken since he was sworn in on Monday. If you need to tune out to protect your mental health, I get it. Switching your civic information diet to "slow news" in print may be healthier for many people.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Health columnist, Colby Echo

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Ford Prefect
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