Two views of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Larry Press <lpress () csudh edu>
> Date: December 29, 2009 2:22:41 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Two views of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra

> Dave -- for IP if relevant.
>
> 1.  Information Week has chosen Vivek Kundra as CIO of the Year:
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leadership/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222002611
>
> The job of opening the government’s databases to the public— 
> complicated by the need to ensure security, privacy, confidentiality 
> , and data quality—is huge, and Kundra will be the first to admit th 
> at most of the work lies ahead. In fact, that’s true for everything  
> on his plate: reducing the number of federal data centers, transitio 
> ning government agencies to cloud services, bolstering cybersecurity 
> , improving IT project performance, and engaging the public over the 
>  Web.
>
> With such a long, unfinished to-do list, you might say that we’re pr 
> emature in naming Kundra InformationWeek’s Chief of the Year. But th 
> at’s where we landed, and here’s why: The federal CIO, now nine  
> months into the job, has demonstrated a compelling vision for overha 
> uling the government’s lumbering IT operations (with 71,000 federal  
> IT workers and more than 10,000 IT systems), and his progress is so  
> far impressive.
>
> ....
>
>
>
>
> 2.  Tech Journalist John Dvorak has questioned Kundra's background  
> and qualifications for the position:
>
> http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/08/12/special-report-is-us-chief-information-officer-cio-vivek-kundra-a-phony/



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