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You're right, of course. What I DO like about this is the fact that Obama (seems to) know enough to say that he needs someone to help his administration underst
by jkush 19y ago
You're right, of course. What I DO like about this is the fact that Obama (seems to) know enough to say that he needs someone to help his administration understand technology. I can't fault that at all.
- DanielBMarkham 19y agoFor what it's worth, there's already a bunch of guys who are supposed to be doing that. I believe there is a national CIO and a national organization of federal CIOs. I guess it couldn't hurt to have one more, though.
- jkush 19y agoIf there is a national CIO then the fact that I've never heard of him/her is evidence that he/she is doing a shitty job. I use myself as an example of someone who should have heard of that position because I'm in the tech industry. How did you hear about that, btw? That position needs to be much more front and center. Technology is only going to become more important. That should be recognized now.
- DanielBMarkham 19y agoI work with big organizations doing big software development (one of the reasons I hang out here is that not only am I a startup junkie, there's something really weird that happens when you scale software development past 6 or 7 guys) As part of that, I try to keep part of my head in government software development, which is like a world unto itself. I have worked with a couple of agency CIOs, so I've heard of the larger CIO structure that they are part of. There is a lot of CIO-type stuff that was started, ironically, by the Bush administration when they came in. Stuff like balanced scorecards and a national Enterprise Architecture group. As you can imagine, there's a huge push for security, but there are also some really wild System-of-Systems stuff going on. Drop me an email and I can hook you up with more resources if you are interested.
- kingnothing 19y agoI disagree. if you haven't heard of him, and he exists, it's probably because he's doing a good job and hasn't broken anything big enough to make the nightly news. Technology should be seamless and transparent.
- jkush 19y agoTechnology, yes. Leadership, no.
- altay 19y agoWhy would they need help? Our current president is an expert on The Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90DKubFKwVo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90DKubFKwVo
- jkush 19y agoMy head just exploded. I can't decide if I like the infamous Ballmer video or the infamous "The Google" video better. Always a good laugh.
- pchristensen 19y agoI have referred to Google as "The Google" for a long time now.