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Appoint Chief Technology Officer |
"Obama will appoint the nation's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century."
-- Obama's "The Change We Need in Washington"
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APRIL 18, 2009
Obama Appoints Chopra
Obama announced in his weekly radio address that Virginia Technology Secretary Aneesh Chopra would become the nation's first chief technology officer. |
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JANUARY 15, 2009
BusinessWeek: CTO Search Narrows
BusinessWeek reports that the front-runners to be the nation's first chief technology officer are Padmasree Warrior and Vivek Kundra. Warrior is CTO of Cisco Systems, and Kundra holds the same position with Washington, D.C. city government. A pick is expected "in a matter of days," the report says. |
