President Obama announced his appointment of Vivek Kundra as the newly created Federal CIO position during a news conference March 5. According to FCW:

"President Barack Obama today named Kundra, the former chief technology officer for the local government of the District of Columbia, to  two posts; the federal CIO in the White House, and he will also be the Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and information technology, Kundra said in a teleconference with reporters after Obama's announcement.
 
Kundra said he plans to build on innovations from the previous administration but wants to move beyond e-government. As federal CIO, he will be focused on operations and effectively spending the $71 billion federal IT budget."


I am curious to think what this appointment will mean to the other agencies and their associated infrastructure reporting. It will also be interesting to see if this will have any impact on the security and infrastructure budgests of the various agencies.




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