Vivek Kundra

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

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

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

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