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Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark Joins Forces with SSA

By David Stegon

May 26, 2011

2011_05_craig Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was sworn in as a government employee today, joining the Social Security Administration as an advisor to CIO Frank Baitman. He’ll be focused on social media for customer service and online authentication issues.

See the swearing in photo on Craig’s blog.

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