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Re: Obama CTO
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:43:48 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh () syr edu> Date: January 6, 2009 11:30:28 AM EST To: <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] Re: Obama CTO David: For your consideration:The IT assumption is reasonable. Since the Federal Government is (mainly) an information processing engine, the most broadly relevant tech expertise for a federal CTO is IT.
Anything else matters to a narrower slice of executive branch agencies. It could well be that someone with a background in another technical area is also good at IT, and hence suitable.
But if you can;t make huge (and hugely inefficient) information engines run better then please do not apply.
Lee -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Mon 1/5/2009 8:44 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] Re: Obama CTO Begin forwarded message: From: "John Ryan" <john.conor.ryan () gmail com> Date: January 5, 2009 7:49:21 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Digest 1.1930 for ip For your consideration: Dave: in everything (or nearly everything) I've read about the Obama CTO, it's assumed, as implicit, that the T stands for IT. Need it? Should not a cabinet-level or cabinet-advisory CTO also consider biotech, energy, transportation, ... Thus, the apparently terrific Washington IT guy might be qualified as a CITO, but come on folks, as much as I like IT, surely we're missing some of the picture. Shouldn't the CTO also, like many CTOs in 'real life' have to look at what technologies to invest in strategically? And a national IP (not Internet Protocol but Intellectual Property) policy? These are larger issues than 'just' IT. John Ryan (COO Pixel Qi, but that's not why I'm writing) jpr () pixelqi com ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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