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In the short time we've had a BlueToad App in iTunes, we have seen rapid growth in our online readership. The subscription feature allows customers to instantly purchase back issues as well as current issues. This has opened up the markets to international customers, as well as providing us with a vehicle to grow more on the web with new interactive features and bonus videos.

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DOD data policy focuses on sharing
JASON MILLER

New strategy requires more complex thinking about data use, accessibility

The Defense Department’s new information-sharing strategy will require officials to anticipate their data being used by nongovernmental organizations, coalition partners, other federal agencies, and state and local governments.

DOD leaders say the strategy represents a big change, and how well people adapt to it will largely determine the department’s future success. The new information-sharing strategy is necessary, they say, because DOD’s mission is evolving, and the military must often work with outside partners.

“The strategy promotes, encourages and incentivizes information sharing — which might sound like a softball — but it is a new way of doing business for us,” said Debra Filippi, DOD’s federal informationsharing executive.

“Our practices of the past need to change because we have been very sheltered,” Filippi said. “We are trying to inspire folks to make information accessible and visible and not worry about keeping it [away from] folks who don’t have an obvious need. It requires an uncomfortable shift from the past.” John Grimes, DOD’s chief information officer, signed off on the new informationsharing strategy May 4.

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Blue Toad is a little-known privately held company, but its technology touches millions of users around the world. It provides private-label digital edition and app-building services to 6,000 different publishers, and serves 100 million page views each month, DeHart said. He declined to discuss business partners, but said the list of clients includes household names.

DeHart said his firm would not be contacting individual consumers to notify them that their information had been compromised, instead leaving it up to individual publishers to contact readers as they see fit.

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There is no way for users to check to see if their UDID information has been collected by Blue Toad, DeHart said.

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