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US CTO Tries To Wean the White House Off Floppy Disks
schnell writes: MIT grad and former Google exec Megan J. Smith is the third Chief Technical Officer of the United States and the first woman to hold the position created five years ago by President Obama. But, as a New York Times profile points out, while she fights to wean the White House off BlackBerries and floppy disks, and has introduced the President to key technical voices like Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf to weigh in on policy issues, her position is deliberately nebulous and lacking in real authority. The President's United States Digital Service initiative to improve technology government-wide is run by the Office of Management and Budget, and each cabinet department has its own CIO who mandates agency technical standards. Can a position with a direct access to the President but no real decision-making authority make a difference?
It's high time to launch the "Don't floppy that copy!" campaign aimed at White House staffers.
Ezekiel 23:20
Jed will be able to pick up where George left off.
Pretty much the same as any CTO. You're expected to keep things secure and allow the CFO to install dancingPigs.exe at the same time.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I am intrigued.
Isn't "CTO" a corporate term? Since when does our republic have corporate leadership?
Screw the floppies, I'm more concerned about the basically open announcement that our government is now fascist, in the most literal sense of the word.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
I was able to read all of them, no failures.
I think he was referring to the data, not the label on the outside of the disk.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!