Aneesh Chopra,Obama's new CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

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Reviews Are Stellar for America's New CTO
— By Jonathan Stein | Mon April 20, 2009 10:07 AM PST


Over the weekend, President Obama announced that Aneesh Chopra, Virginia's Secretary of Technology, will move to the White House to become America's Chief Technology Officer. With federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, Chopra will form Obama's all-Indian transparency team -- among other assignments (like fixing our broadband problem), the two are tasked with using technology to boost citizen oversight of and engagement with their government. (Their parents are probably so proud of their new jobs, but less proud than if they had been doctors.) Here's Obama on Chopra's new gig:

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/04/reviews-are-stellar-americas-new-cto