Exclusive: Barack Obama to name a “Chief Technology Officer”
The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has given VentureBeat an exclusive look at his technology plan, which he plans to unveil officially tomorrow (Wednesday) before a visit to Google’s headquarters.
The full plan can be seen below. It contains several new proposals, including the appointment of technology czar called a Chief Technology Officer.
The CTO’s mandate would be quite different from the Cybersecurity czar appointed under the Bush Administration. Bush’s czar helped defend against cyberattacks…. Continue Reading