Our first CTO…
Could it be? Could we be getting a U.S. Chief Technology Officer? It certainly seems possible, with our most technologically savvy President in office. If we were to have such a role, it would most definitely enable Obama to intelligently craft many of the solutions to the issues he has been talking about, such as healthcare, climate change, energy independence, government 2.0, etc.
Technology Review has a good interview with one of the names being bandied about for holding such a post, Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior.
Government 2.0 » The Buzz Bin said,
March 2, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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