The Obama administration has “officially named Vivek Kundra as the US government’s federal Chief Information Officer. The decision is based on Kundra’s experience as Chief Technology Officer for all of the DC government’s agencies as well as a simultaneous Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology in Virginia. The CIO role takes on the task of overseeing the government’s technology spending as well as improving its interoperability, privacy and security,” Electronista reports.
“Kundra is said by CNET News to have stressed efficiency as well as putting information online and making it more transparent. In DC, Kundra is well-known for establishing a district-wide government intranet based heavily on Google web apps; he has also used both Google and Apple to develop a content production system designed to provide government information to iPhones and other mobile devices,” Electronista reports.
“Kundra and the Obama administration will ultimately be helped by the upcoming establishment of the first-ever federal Chief Technology Officer, who is to help both modernize the government as well as more formally guide national technology policy,” Electronista reports.
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Darlene Darcy reports for The Washington Business Journal, “In the private sector, Kundra was vice president of marketing for Evincible Software, a company focused on electronic signatures and identity management for the financial services and defense sectors, and as chief executive officer of Creostar he advised government and industry clients on IT governance and strategy.”
MacDailyNews Note: Evincible Software was acquired by Exostar in 2004.
Darcy continues, “‘Vivek Kundra will bring a depth of experience in the technology arena and a commitment to lowering the cost of government operations to this position,’ Obama said in a statement. ‘As chief information officer, he will play a key role in making sure our government is running in the most secure, open, and efficient way possible.'”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Brawndo Drinker” and “Ottawa Mark” for the heads up.]
