White House Chief Technology Officer Steps Down 55
New submitter Krazy Kanuck writes "The White House is running a story on their OSTP blog that Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra is stepping down after being appointed to the post by President Obama in 2009. There is some mention of him returning to his home state of Virginia, and the Washington Post suggests a possible bid for lieutenant governor."
Can we apply as a group? (Score:5, Interesting)
Maybe we can talk someone in the White House press office to use Ask Slashdot for technical questions and Your Rights Online for recommendations on tech bills... Would somebody please put together a resume for We the People of Slashdot?
Re:Can we apply as a group? (Score:5, Funny)
Would somebody please put together a resume for We the People of Slashdot?
We could, but it would be full of contradictory skills and experiences, an entire year devoted to yelling "First Post!", and would boast certifications like "Made baby jesus cry."
Actually... It's still better than the current crop of presidential hopefuls. PRINT IT.
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Re:Can we apply as a group? (Score:4, Insightful)
Nooo, we don't want the wider public to see how naive nerds are when it comes to politics, as evidenced daily by most posts here. Let's stay quiet and pretend we are smart.
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Come on, were you against the SOPA/PIPA blackouts?
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Doubtful, but that's the proverbial diamond in the rough. Are you familiar with the spam [slashdot.org] form [slashdot.org] response [slashdot.org]? I have not yet seen the equivalent for political reform discussions. I believe this is an indication that the Slashdot as a community underestimates the inherent complexity (corruption aside!) of American politics.
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My hovercraft is full of eels (Score:2)
And this, children, is why you shouldn't rely on automated translation.
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D'oh (Score:2)
I wasn't logged in, but that was my post.
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At least (Score:4, Interesting)
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lieutenant gov makes for a great position while he waits for the 1-2 year lobbying restraint to be lifted.
This just in (Score:5, Funny)
Aneesh Chopra current lieutenant governor of Virginia has introduced the death penalty for on-line piracy bill (DPOP)
Big talker, little substance (Score:2)
He gives amazing speeches. Unfortunately, he really doesn't understand computers and it's a joke he was made CTO
Re:Big talker, little substance (Score:4, Funny)
That sounds awfully familiar somehow.
Re:Big talker, little substance (Score:5, Informative)
Care to give an example to back up your claim? He seemed to do a good job, from the little I saw about him. He was behind the push to bring better internet access to rural areas, expanding access to electronic health records, and he opposed SOPA. For a new position without a very clearly defined set of goals, I'd say he did fine.
Re:Big talker, little substance (Score:4, Informative)
consolidating the government's Data centers and starting a real push to update the infrastructure to something resembling the 2010's rather than the 1980's is not doing much?
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Given that "cloud computing" is merely "mainframe computing" with a prettier name, the difference between the 1980s and the 2010s is much less than you seem to think it is.
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uhh.... it is absolutely NOT mainframe computing. GRID computing, AKA cloud computing, is not even close to time-slice based timeshare processing with dumb terminals connected to the mainframe on a LAN.
anyway... I am talking more about the actual tech....not the computing model.
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So.... really it is the same topology with different technology....
Good job just agreeing with me.
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When he was the CTO of Virginia, he made an agreement with Northrop Gruman that setup large systems for the DMV such that if there were any failure in the server area, the entire system--statewide--lost connectivity. It wasn't until the current governor of Virginia took office that the contract was forced to be renegotiated so that we got a better deal.
Similarly thanks to him, the Virginia State Police now rent all of their computers rather than buying them outright, and their systems lack the resources to
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That is pretty bad, but I would have to understand how it came to that rather than assume Northrop Grumman provided him with a list of network topologies and he picked the one with a single point of failure.
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Perhaps he bought one thing, they built another and due to a setting in some routers, they discovered that if you bring one part down, everything else comes down? To me that is not something the CTO would just be able to see and if the state did not have any Cisco engineers to validate the work of the contractor, then he had to take the contractor's word for it.
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Pirate Party (Score:2)
Honestly,
This is why we (the US) needs a far more established 'Pirate Party' (Yes, the name is terrible, but the ideas behind it, I'm sure many agree with) so a shown to others, able-bodied, pool of candidates would already be present.
True, the chances of hell of actually being voted in to such a position would be slim to none, however, it is a good catalyst for said party to bring ideas and ideals to attention to the general public.
Mass. and I believe another state has an officially registered party -- Whe
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Thank you for correcting some of my ignorance! I've read about a few Euro-based in the news, but came up rather lacking at home. I actually have already ordered the physical print copy from amazon the other day; It should be here Monday. (I figure it's worth actually purchasing).
Also, you're absolutely right about the time-frame of things -- Now is the time.
The reason why is. (Score:2)
Sounds about right (Score:2)
That seems to be par for the course when it comes to "super star IT staff". They tend to last 2-4 years where ever they go, and then they're off on whatever the next shiny thing their ADHD brain latches onto.
Just like Steve Chen? (Score:2)
Every technical/technological post this and the prior admin has tried to staff has crashed and burned. The White House understands generally, what lobbyists and Congressional staffers tell them to understand. If it doesn't have to do with posturing about either giving stuff to poor people or pretending to give educational things to the teachers of some target group it doesn't mean squat.
Remember with the appointment of Steve Chen we were going to have algae powered teleportation in 3 years? Yeah how did tha
stepping down (Score:2)
Finally, someone who has the guts to divest themselves before the O'bama, Bush, Clinton crime cabal has the floor drop out from under them.
Life: the time between the floor dropping and the rope going taut.