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Vivek Kundra

Vivek Kundra

U.S. Chief Information Officer: Office of Management and Budget

Vivek Kundra was appointed as the United States Chief Information Officer by President Obama in March 2009. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Kundra served in Mayor Fenty’s cabinet as the CTO for the District of Columbia and Governor Kaine’s cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has also served in leadership roles in the private sector.

Kundra has been recognized as the 2009 Chief of the Year by InformationWeek for driving unprecedented change in Federal IT and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency, engage citizens and lower the cost of government operations. He has also been recognized by InfoWorld among the top 25 CTO’s in the country.

Sessions

10:05am Thursday, 09/10/2009
A Conversation with Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Vivek Kundra (Office of Management and Budget), Ellen Miller (Sunlight Foundation)
What is the state of data.gov and other government transparency initiatives? Open data is one of the foundations of the digital commonwealth. It fosters re-use and innovation, and also helps citizens hold government accountable. But it also raises privacy and security issues. Ellen and Vivek will tackle these issues and more in a conversation on the key issues of the Summit. Read more.
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