Megan Smith, an 11-year veteran of Google, has emerged as a leading candidate to be the next federal chief technology officer, Bloomberg reported Friday. She currently holds a vice president role at
MoreTodd Park, formerly chief technology officer and assistant to President Barack Obama, will serve on a new role as technology adviser to the president. Park will begin the advisory role in September and be
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U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park will leave his current position by the end of this year and join a White House team working from Silicon Valley, Fortune magazine reported Friday. Dan
MoreNicole Wong has departed her role as the White House’s deputy chief technology officer and will be moving back to her California hometown, The Hill newspaper reported Friday. Kate Tummarello writes that
MoreThe U.S. government has invested more than $300 million in research projects focused on machine-to-machine connections over the past five years, FCW reported Wednesday. “Just like the Internet allows people all over
MoreA group of private companies and universities has designed a technological framework that aims to link computational and physical tools for use in emergency response activities, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Rebecca Carroll writes
MoreThe Obama administration has introduced a plan calling for federal agencies to make their datasets publicly available as part of an open government initiative, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Shefali Kapadia writes
MoreThe White House has directed federal agencies to introduce fresh initiatives as part of their open government plan updates, Fierce Government reported Monday. Zach Rausnitz writes Todd Park, federal chief technology officer, issued
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Jennifer Pahlka, founder of the nonprofit organization Code for America, has been appointed deputy U.S. chief technology officer for government innovation and will work alongside CTO Todd Park. She will serve in
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Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel will oversee an online repository of government information intended to help federal agencies adopt a new open data policy, Information
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