FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist

An anonymous reader contributes this snippet from Digital Daily: "Looks like the Federal Trade Commission got its first choice of Chief Technologist, because it's hard to think of anyone better to serve in that capacity than Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten, a guy whose CV makes everyone from Microsoft to Diebold shudder in embarrassment."

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Re:Duh

[geekoid]

Yeah, it should be Carli, because she did such a great job~

We really don't want people who think in 3 month blocks advising on decsions that will impact every citizens. That's smart.

The government caters to all citizens, business caters to only those people who want/afford there good and/or services.

Running the government like a business will fail. Every time some one tries it, it fails. Why? because they MUST cater to everyone. Regardless of income. Plus, they can never maintain the high level of service the government provides cheaper then the government does it.