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Senate Sources Say CTO Confirmation a Done Deal

Posted by Soulskill on from the casting-a-critical-eye dept.

theodp writes "On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will examine the nomination of Aneesh Chopra as the first-ever federal Chief Technology Officer. Senate sources said they were not aware of any debate surrounding his nomination. You'd think the hack-for-$10-million-ransom of Virginia's Prescription Monitoring Program might be good for a question or two. Or the wisdom of appointing a CTO who's no technologist. It might also be worth bringing up Chopra's membership in TiE-DC, a group which promises 'exclusive peer networking events' with government officials and Federal contractors, including TiE-DC sponsor Microsoft. Are there any other issues that might make the Confirmation Hearing more than a rubber-stamping?"

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  1. Huh? by value_added · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps as a Canadian I don't appreciate the finer points of the American political process, but I'm having trouble finding a meaningful relationship in this sequence of events:

    1. Senate Hearing is scheduled.

    2. Random Blog quotes unnamed "[s]enate sources" as saying "they were not aware of any debate surrounding his nomination."

    3. Slashdot editors release a news story with a headline of "Senate Sources Say CTO Confirmation a Done Deal"

    4. Thinly disguised editorial consisting mostly of anti-Microsoft remarks and an assertion that confirmation hearings are a sham process is submitted as a news story to Slashdot.

    Sigh. I guess I'll have to reconsider Slashdot as primary source of news and go back to reading newspapers and watching C-SPAN.

    1. Re:Huh? by TropicalCoder · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Thinly disguised editorial consisting mostly of anti-Microsoft remarks and an assertion that confirmation hearings are a sham process is submitted as a news story to Slashdot."

      I don't get what you are complaining about here. Is it the "anti-Microsoft remarks" that put you off? Here on Slashdot, we enjoy a sprinkling of anti-Microsoft remarks in just about any article or comment, as others enjoy a dash of pepper on their pasta to spice up their food. I suppose if you personally don't enjoy this, perhaps this is not the forum for you.

  2. Microsorft = BAD!!! by AndGodSed · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read something negative about Microsoft in the summary and decided to jump in with an uninformed jibe of my own.

    M$ is Teh Suxorz!

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  3. What is the problem? by scooter.higher · · Score: 2, Funny

    We have the best politicians money can buy.

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  4. Re:ODF? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

    Infer a penny, infer a pound.