Federal Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration

Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. In Nov. 2007, Sen. Barack Obama identified several specific areas of responsibility of a Fed. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) incl. transparency of gov¿t. operations, computer and network security, ident. and adoption of best technol. and practices by fed. agencies, and interoperability of emergency commun. technol. for first responders. On April 18, 2009, President Obama appointed Aneesh Chopra to serve in the newly created position of fed. CTO. Contents of this report: (1) Overview; (2) Background; (3) Potential Scope of Duties and Authorities; (4) Organizational Precedents: Agency CIOs, CTOs, and the Chief Info. Officers Council; CIO, CTO, and e-Gov¿t. Positions at OMB; Dept. of Commerce Technol. Admin.; White House Office of S&T Policy.