IP: New IT guy at OMB

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

>  OMB government-wide CTO 
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> OMB hires first governmentwide chief technology officer
> By Shane Harris
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> The Bush administration has hired the first governmentwide chief technology
> officer, according to a spokeswoman with the Office of Management and
> Budget.
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> Norman Lorentz, the former CTO of information technology industry job
> service Dice Inc., started working at OMB Jan.2, reporting to Mark Forman,
> associate director for information technology and e-government, the
> spokeswoman said.
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> In October, OMB's E-Government Task Force chose 22 agency projects to
> support out of an interagency e-government fund proposed in the President's
> budget. The President had requested $100 million to fund e-government
> programs. However, he got only $5 million in the final version of the
> Treasury-Postal spending bill.
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> Full story: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0102/011402h1.htm

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