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Tuesday October 21, 2008
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Not long after launching his bid for the White House, Barack Obama spoke about creating a new cabinet position--chief technology officer--an office that would seek to create more jobs through technology, an issue that is becoming all the more important as the economic climate continues to grow all the more dire.
So, who's the ideal candidate for such a position, should Obama win the election in a couple of weeks? Well, as we noted yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been getting awfully friendly with the Obama campaign, and while the search engine chief insisted that his company would remain non-partisan, he has since begun stumping for the senator from Illinois.
Who else is on Obama's shortlist? Businessweek has been doing some speculation of its own. The magazine mentioned another Google heavy hitter: chief Internet evangelist, Vint Cerf. Also on their list are Amazon's CEO Jeffrey Bezos and Microsoft's chief executive madman, Steve Ballmer.
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October 21, 2008 1:18 PM
What is a CTO?
October 22, 2008 12:48 PM
Reading comprehension ftw...
October 22, 2008 4:43 PM
The role of Chief Technology Officer is probably the brightest idea that I have heard from any politician in my life. Technology is what moves our society forward. It directly effects our economy, our healthcare, our military and the overall safety of our nation. There has far too many dollars wasted by the Bush adminisration on the failed implementation of technology throught the government. (FAA is an excellent example)
Obama is demonstrating the difference in thinking and planning between a leader who can move us forward and a senior citizen who is status quo.
October 22, 2008 5:44 PM
1. A Chief Technology Officer in government might be useful as a instrument to coordinate certain internal systems--interdepartmental communications, data sharing, etc., but it doesn't warrant a cabinet position.
2. Creating jobs is not the roll of government. It does not matter under what guise it is placed.
3. Obama is demonstrating his aptitude for macro economics, which is to say not much.
October 29, 2008 11:48 PM
Ray Kurzweil for CTO
November 6, 2008 10:53 AM
Why not Bill Gates.... he's richer than the US government, has no debt and can get any of those listed above to work pro bono for the country.
Remember sacrifice....