Selling government data is not a bad business to be in however there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it.  As this review of Intelius indicates, there is certainly a pretty sketchy way of monetizing public records.

I talked with Joyce Truban Curry, CEO and Founder of C3 Communications, today on my first show with Webmaster Radio this afternoon and had an opportunity to learn a little about her experiences getting involved with public relations and starting her agency.
Joyce is a traditionalist who believes in the value of relationships and also, in [...]

Last week I participated in a forum on social networking hosted by the Tech Council of Maryland and sponsored by Vocus.  The event prompted Rebecca McClay at the Gazette to put together a couple of stories synthesizing some of the opinions and thoughts from some of the speakers at the event:

Cool, hot, sexy things
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I spoke yesterday at an event produced by the Maryland Tech Council on ‘Growing your Business through Social Media’. The topic focused on using social media to create press. My focus was primarily on the evolution of the press release and the incorporation of social media elements into the form and practices surrounding [...]

The Tech Council of Maryland will be holding a conference that will serve as something of a basic primer on social media for area professionals.  I’ll be speaking on a panel along with IJ Hudson, Director of Communications for Garson Claxton LLX (and former NBC technology reporter) as well as Adam Bavel, Special Events Coordinator [...]