Re: Obama CTO

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh () syr edu>
Date: January 6, 2009 11:30:28 AM EST
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Re:   Obama CTO

David:

For your consideration:

The IT assumption is reasonable. Since the Federal Government is  
(mainly) an information processing engine, the most broadly relevant  
tech expertise for a federal CTO is IT.

Anything else matters to a narrower slice of executive branch  
agencies. It could well be that someone with a background in another  
technical area is also good at IT, and hence suitable.

But if you can;t make huge (and hugely inefficient) information  
engines run better then please do not apply.

Lee


-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
Sent: Mon 1/5/2009 8:44 PM
To: ip
Subject: [IP] Re:   Obama CTO



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From: "John Ryan" <john.conor.ryan () gmail com>
Date: January 5, 2009 7:49:21 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Digest 1.1930 for ip

For your consideration:

Dave: in everything (or nearly everything) I've read about the Obama
CTO, it's assumed, as implicit, that the T stands for IT. Need it?
Should not a cabinet-level or cabinet-advisory CTO also consider
biotech, energy, transportation, ...
Thus, the apparently terrific Washington IT guy might be qualified as
a CITO, but come on folks, as much as I like IT, surely we're missing
some of the picture. Shouldn't the CTO also, like many CTOs in 'real
life' have to look at what technologies to invest in strategically?
And a national IP (not Internet Protocol but Intellectual Property)
policy? These are larger issues than 'just' IT.

John Ryan
(COO Pixel Qi, but that's not why I'm writing)
jpr () pixelqi com




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