D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for White House Slot

[TheCoxwain]

Source: Washington Post

President Obama today announced that Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer for the District, will be the federal chief information officer.

It's a job that did not exist in previous administrations; Obama, who leveraged social networks, text messages and other Internet tools on the campaign trail, promised to create a technology czar with the aim of helping the government operate more efficiently.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030501060.html

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Talk about Re-imagining Government

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Oh my.

This is going to be a trial by fire, both for him and the various Departments and agencies. :scared:

[alfredo]

2. She's very Mac Friendly. That can also mean she is UNIX friendly.

Maybe we will see more use of Nix's and open source.

[w4rma]

3. I only care about his position on outsourcing. What is it? (nt)

[No Elephants]

4. "Government" and "efficiently" in the same sentence? Is that legal?