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DC CTO Vivek Kundra Named To Top Federal IT Job

Posted by samzenpus on from the man-with-the-plan dept.

DCTechCzar writes "The Obama administration plans to announce it has appointed Vivek Kundra, the District of Columbia's chief technology officer, to take the top information technology post in the federal government, according to a source. Kundra, who has deployed advanced applications to improve the performance of public services during his nearly two years as CTO for the District, will replace Karen Evans as administrator for e-government and information technology in the Office of Management and Budget. The position effectively serves as the federal government's chief information officer. The administration could announce Kundra's appointment as soon as Thursday."

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  1. Re:Anyone know more info about this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yup, he's like all CTO's...

    Takes credit for what his people did.

    "He deployed" my ass he deployed. He did not do shit other than approve the research and work his people did.

    He sat on his ass and took the credit, I did not see him pulling any cable, setting up the servers and working on the application deployment.

    Posting Anon to keep from getting fired. A DC IT worker.

  2. Re:Please dig up some facts about this fella by WindBourne · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Vivek Kundra does things that look good on a resume, but dont really make sense in his role. His staff of 600 has been mandated to run more opensource software, and while OpenOffice looks good on paper it has created a nightmare for systems integrators who struggle to convert systems that are deployed across the nation on Microsoft products, and have to be hacked to work with the Open Source competitors. Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia, says he found two compelling reasons to switch the D.C. government over to Gmail and Google Apps: ... I would say that he is open source friendly. More importantly, he has taken punches and knows to keep going.

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    I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
  3. Thats my boss! by thisisnotdave · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, I only started here (Office of the CTO) a few days ago, but around here he's very highly regarded and seen as man of vision. Either way congratulations to Vivek and I hope his replacement will be equally qualified.

  4. Re:i grew up in DC by insomniac8400 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Still better than the CTO of cisco.

  5. Re:I'd think "D.C." alone is a title of doom. by Duradin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's this thing called the House of Representatives, you may want to look into it for your representation based on population needs.

  6. Re:Anyone know more info about this guy by borroff · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In a previous Slashdot posting, some DC residents commented that he was the real deal. He knows his stuff, and gets things done.

    http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1097003&cid=26519833

    There's also a Washington Post article about Kundra linked to in the comments:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/04/AR2009010401235.html