Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has said, at the CONNECT users conference, that he wants to “harmonize” electronic health records within the Nat... Read more
We brought our camera to the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons on Thursday for the Ernst & Young Executive of the Year awards. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopra took a break from thei... Read more
The first-appointed Chief Technology Officer under the Obama Administration, Aneesh Chopra, spoke with the Richmond Times Dispatch this week about where technology in America is headed. Anee... Read more
Back in April, when President Obama announced that Aneesh Chopra would become the nation’s first-ever chief technology officer, a key question swirled among many in the government cont... Read more
Google executive Vinton Cerf says a tool for securing warfighting networks is “waiting in the interplanetary Internet,” which he and NASA have been developing for a decade and ar... Read more
Aneesh Chopra, America’s first Federal CTO, spoke at the Digital Downtown event in New York City this week on two different but interconnected topics: the role of government in technol... Read more
offered an early look at his new role, priorities, and plans Tuesday, saying he would focus on game-changing innovations. At the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council’... Read more
The Obama administration was expected to name a Cyber Czar and release a cyberspace policy review last Friday. The administration released the 76-page “Cyberspace Policy Review... Read more
Obama plans to name Andrew McLaughlin, Head of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs for Google, Inc., to become the nation’s Deputy CTO according to the New York Times, citing t... Read more
We waited and now it’s official: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Aneesh Chopra as the nation’s chief technology officer. Chopra, as you may recall, was nominated by President Ob... Read more
Aneesh Chopra, nominated as America’s first CTO, testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday, and outlined his plan to “collapse the distance between... Read more
Obama Names Jeffrey Zients His Score Keeper President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Zients, a prominent Virginia business management consultant, as his choice to serve as the governments first... Read more
Aneesh Chopra has been named the nation’s first chief technology officer. The news was announced Saturday during President Obama’s weekly address. As federal CTO, Chopra will wor... Read more
President Obama has just named Vivek Kundra the Federal Chief Information Officer at the White House. During his campaign, Obama had stated he would create a technology czar to help governme... Read more
Budget Cuts Prompt GovCon’s Identity Shift
Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strateg... Read more