Vivek Kundra

Vivek Kundra

Vivek Kundra is the new federal Chief Information Officer. The 34-year-old Vivek Kundra was born in Delhi, India. Find more Vivek Kundra news, pictures, and information here.

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During his weekly address this morning, President Obama named Aneesh Chopra as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer. Chopra, who has effectively been doing much the same job at a state level in his role as Secretary of Technology for Governor Kaine of Virginia , will work closely with Vivek Kundra , the recently named Federal CIO, and Jeffrey Zients , the man Obama today named the first ever Chief Performance Officer. Last month, two Virginia congressmen recommended Chopra for the job, saying "Chopra's public and private experience in the technology field made him the right candidate," and pointed out his focus on healthcare ... Read Full Story
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During his weekly address this morning, President Obama named Aneesh Chopra as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer. Chopra, who has effectively been doing much the same job at a state level in his role as Secretary of Technology for Governor Kaine of Virginia , will work closely with Vivek Kundra , the recently named Federal CIO, and Jeffrey Zients , the man Obama today named the first ever Chief Performance Officer. Last month, two Virginia congressmen recommended Chopra for the job, saying "Chopra's public and private experience in the technology field made him the right candidate," and pointed out his focus on healthcare ... Read Full Story
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From the White House Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2009 President Obama Names Vivek Kundra Chief Information Officer WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the White House. The Federal Chief Information Officer directs the policy and strategic planning of federal information technology investments and is responsible for oversight of federal technology spending. The Federal CIO establishes and oversees enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability and information sharing and ensure information security and privacy across the federal government. The CIO will also work closely with the Chief Technology Officer to advance the ... Read Full Story
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It took months for President Barack Obama’s administration to name a chief technology officer, and the winner may not be a Silicon Valley name like so many predicted, but we finally have one: Aneesh Chopra. As the Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, his job has been to “leverage technology in government reform, promotes Virginia’s innovation agenda, and fosters technology-related economic development with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship.” But Chopra’s not a tech guy. Before he got his secretary job in 2005, he was a managing director at the Advisory Board Company, a public-market health care think tank, as well as an ... Read Full Story
President Obama has appointed the first-ever federal chief information officer (CIO). Vivek Kundra, 34, who formerly served in District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty's cabinet as the chief technology officer (CTO) was appointed to the position, the White House announced Thursday. "Vivek Kundra's technology leadership has greatly contributed to the administration's essential priority of building transparency, accountability and efficiency in government," Mayor Fenty told SCMagazineUS.com Thursday in an email. "I'm confident he'll be an equally great asset to the Obama Administration." One of Kundra's responsibilities will be to ensure information security and privacy across the federal government. He will also be responsible for overseeing ... Read Full Story
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The number of data centers belonging to the U.S. government has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Can Federal CIO Vivek Kundra put a stop to the trend?  
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The number of data centers belonging to the U.S. government has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Can Federal CIO Vivek Kundra put a stop to the trend?  
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By Teresa Carlson, Vice President, Microsoft Federal  When it comes to cloud computing, federal customers have a lot to consider and new business options to explore nearly every day.  And while “the cloud” is still in its infancy, today, I’m excited to extend our cloud announcements coming out of Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC09) in L.A., to the federal community. One of our own fearless leaders in the Federal Government...  
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The government is committing to the power of cloud computing and collecting and sharing information from social networks and government databases to spark domestic and global innovation as well commercial opportunities to mine and offer new applications from this data, such as GPS. I recently attended the Gartner Symposium IT/xpo 2009 at which the Federal CIO, Vikek Kunda addressed the needs of all CIOs in the public and private sectors to get...  
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CIOs are an interesting lot, cast as both business and technology leaders. Get them talking about agile development, and the inner geek appears. Talk about net present value, and they grab their lapels and straighten their pocket squares. But today's CIO talks increasingly about the customer, and if our nation's CIO, Vivek Kundra is paid every time does, he might be able to help bail out both the banks and the car companies.  
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Over at the US Government IT Dashboard blog, Vivek Kundra (Federal CIO), Robert Carey (Navy CIO) and Vance Hitch (DOJ CIO) write: the evolving challenges we now face, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) metrics need to be rationalized to...  
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has again raided the private sector for an agency head: Bryan D. Sivak, 34, is his new chief technology officer. Sivak replaces interim CTO Chris Willey, who in turn replaced Vivek Kundra, who exited the Fenty administration for a top federal job in the Office of Management and Budget. Like transportation director Gabe [...]  
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