"President Obama did not appoint me because I am of Indian origin," says Aneesh Chopra, America's first ever Chief Technology Officer. "Nor did he stop my appointment because I am of Indian origin," he continues chuckling. Full Article at Rediff

Computerworld - The District of Columbia this week hired a specialized search engine developer and entrepreneur as its new chief technology officer, overseeing what is arguably one of the most visible, progressive -- and troubled -- municipal... Full Article at ComputerWorld

The IT industry is dangerously out of touch with President Obama's 'open government' initiative. I would make this point directly to the industry's movers and shakers, but I can't get into their big closed door meeting. Full Article at Information Week

Art Wittmann InformationWeek October 3, 2009 12:00 AM (From the October 5, 2009 issue) We also asked government tech pros to rate their management challenges. At the top: lack of resources (money), and hiring and retaining IT talent. Full Article at TechWeb

Creating more interoperable systems across federal, state and local governments greatly depends on establishing standards and building information technology systems that adhere to those standards, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra... Full Article at Federal Computer Week | FCW

"History is the science of things which are not repeated" Cisco Buying Tandberg, Broadening Videoconferencing Footprint The $3 billion acquisition is a major building block in Cisco's pledge to broaden the firm's focus from routers and switches into... Full Article at Information Week