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FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist

Posted by timothy on from the smart-fella dept.

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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  1. Why do they "tap" people? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For the love of my sanity... US Govt: Please Stop Tapping People!
    In all seriousness, I have always hated the use of the word "tap" in these situations. It makes no sense, unless President Obama quite literally tapped the guy on his shoulder to get his attention and immediately asked him to take this position. ...not to mention the sexual connotations of the term.