Breaking: Obama Appoints Aneesh Chopra as CTO

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via FCW.com.

[snip]

President Barack Obama will announce this morning (Saturday, Apr. 18, 2009)
that Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s secretary of technology, will join his
administration as the White House chief technology officer.

Obama, as part of his weekly address , also plans to announce that he will
appoint Jeffrey Zients to the position of deputy director for Management of
the Office of Management and Budget, with additional duties as the federal
government's first chief performance officer. Zients is the founder and
managing partner of Portfolio Logic, an investment firm focused primarily
on business and healthcare service companies. Zients previously served as
chief executive officer and chairman of the Advisory Board Company in
Washington, D.C.

Chopra leads Virginia's strategy to leverage technology in government
reform, to promote Virginia’s innovation agenda, and to foster
technology-related economic development, the White House said. Previously,
he worked with Zients as managing director with the Advisory Board Company,
leading the firm’s Financial Leadership Council and the Working Council
for Health Plan Executives.

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More:
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/04/18/Obama-names-aneesh-chopra-CTO.aspx

- - ferg

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