Chief information officer (CIO),chief digital information officer (CDIO) or information technology (IT) director,is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise who works with information technology and computer systems,in order to support enterprise goals.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices,provides transportation and office space to federal employees,and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.
Werner Hans Peter Vogels is the chief technology officer and vice president of Amazon in charge of driving technology innovation within the company. Vogels has broad internal and external responsibilities.
Data.gov is a U.S. Government website launched in late May 2009 by the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States,Vivek Kundra. Data.gov aims to improve public access to high value,machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. The site is a repository for Federal,state,local,and tribal government information made available to the public.
Aneesh Paul Chopra is an American executive who served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. He was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama and was at the White House through 2012. Chopra previously served as Virginia's Secretary of Technology under Governor Tim Kaine. Chopra was a candidate in 2013 for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is the author of Innovative State:How New Technologies Can Transform Government (2014) and co-founder and president of CareJourney. In 2015 he joined Albright Stonebridge Group as a senior advisor.
The United States Chief Technology Officer is an official in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The U.S. CTO helps the President and their team harness the power of technology and data to benefit all Americans. The CTO works closely with others both across and outside government on a broad range of work including bringing technology expertise to bear on federal policy and programs,and promoting values-driven technological innovation. The CTO and their team have historically focused on leveraging technology and technical expertise to help create jobs,strengthen privacy protections,harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence,create paths to improve government services with lower costs,higher quality and increased transparency and accessibility,help upgrade agencies to use open data and expand their data science capabilities,improve quality and reduce the costs of health care and criminal justice,increase access to broadband,bring technical talent into government for policy and modern operations input,improve community innovation engagement by agencies working on local challenges,and help keep the nation secure.
The federal Chief Information Officer of the United States,also known as the United States Chief Information Officer,is the administrator of the Office of Electronic Government,or the Office of the Federal CIO (OFCIO),which is part of the Office of Management and Budget. The President appoints the Federal CIO. The appointee does not require Senate confirmation. It was created by the E-Government Act of 2002.
Nitin Pradhan was the Departmental Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the US Department of Transportation (DOT) as part of the Obama Administration from July 6,2009 to August 31,2012. After leaving US DOT,Pradhan established and led the nation's first Federal Technology Accelerator and Partner Consortium called Public Private Innovations and later cofounded GOVonomy,an emerging products technology marketplace for the public sector as well as ScaleUP USA,a Digital Business Growth Accelerator.
Chris C. Kemp is an American entrepreneur who,along with Dr. Adam London,founded Astra,a space technology firm based in California,in 2016. He served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View,California,and as NASA's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for IT. While at NASA,Kemp partnered with Google and Microsoft and helped in the creation of Google Moon and Mars. He worked with the White House to develop the cloud computing strategy for the United States Federal Government and co-founded OpenStack,an open-source software project for cloud computing. He was also one of the founders of Nebula,a company that from 2011 to 2015,worked to commercialise the technology.
Steven VanRoekel was named the Office of Management and Budget's Acting Deputy Director for Management on May 21,2013. He was also the second Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States and previously worked for the Federal Communications Commission,the United States Agency for International Development,and at Microsoft.
The Federal Web Managers Council is an interagency group of senior federal government Web managers and new media directors who work together to improve the delivery of United States government information and services online. Established in 2004,its current mission is to provide opportunities for collaboration among U.S. government Web and new media professionals. It also recommends policies and guidelines for all U.S. federal public websites.
Harper Reed is an American entrepreneur and former Head of Commerce at Braintree,a subsidiary of PayPal. In 2011,he served as Chief Technology Officer for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. According to The Guardian,Reed's "background in crowd-sourcing and cloud-computing ... gives a significant clue to what the Obama team hoped to achieve in 2012".
Cordell Schachter is an American technology manager who has held positions in both public service and commercial firms. He is the Chief Information Officer of the United States Department of Transportation and was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the New York City Department of Transportation from 2008 to 2021.
Nick Sinai is a venture capitalist,adjunct faculty at Harvard Kennedy School,author,and a former senior official in the Obama Administration.
Code for America Commons is a project by Code for America and OpenPlans focused on reducing government IT costs by helping government entities share code and best practices. It was initially launched as Civic Commons as an independent nonprofit organization,but later became a program of Code for America. The project is a coordinated effort between Code for America,OpenPlans,and the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).
Open data in the United States refers to the Federal government of the United States' perspectives,policies,and practices regarding open data.
Liam Maxwell is a British technology executive and public servant. From April 2016 to August 2018,he was the UK's first National Technology Adviser,having been the UK's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO),as part of the Government Digital Service.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a United States federal government-wide compliance program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment,authorization,and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.
Apps.gov was a cloud storefront run by the U.S. General Services Administration to assist federal agencies in purchasing cloud computing services from the marketplace. The website was initially launched in 2009 under the direction of former Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra,but was first closed down in 2012 in order to "streamline" procurement and amid reports of low usage. The service was relaunched at the 2016 SXSW festival by a team of Presidential Innovation Fellows following President Obama's keynote address on using technology to improve government. The site has not been available since early 2019,though no official shutdown was ever announced.
Beth Anne Killoran is an American information technology executive and civil servant. She is the deputy chief information officer (CIO) of the General Services Administration. Killoran was previously the CIO of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
