The Obama administration has officially picked Vivek Kundra, to the job of America’s Chief Information Officer. Didn’t know we had one of those? Yeah…A lot of us are just catching up. Kundra’s responsibilities include making the federal governments use of technology smarter and more effective.

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 President’s technology agenda.

While this is an important role, many are still up in arms over the fact that we still do not have a Chief Technology Officer.

[Via WH]

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