Profiles of Technologist Political Figures

= Chief Information Officer =

Steve VanRoekel, US Chief Information Officer (August 2011 - Present)


 * "A Tech Evolutionary" - NextGov, May 1, 2012


 * "White House Names a New Chief of Information" - New York Times, August 4, 2011

Vivek Kundra, US Chief Information Officer (March 2009 - August 2011)


 * "Vivek Kundra Leaving White House for Harvard" - Politico, June 16, 2011


 * "White House Names First Chief Information Officer" - New York Times, March 5, 2009

= Deputy Chief Technology Officer =

Chris Vein, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Government Innovation (February 2011 - Present)


 * "White House Taps Top City CIO to Replace Beth Noveck as Deputy CTO for Innovation" - Tech President, February 28, 2011

Beth Noveck, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government (January 2009 - January 2011)


 * "Obama's Open-Government Director Opens Up" - CNET, December 8, 2009

Andrew McLaughlin, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy (July 2009-December 2010)


 * "Former Googler to Resign from White House" - Politico, December 22, 2010


 * "Google's Top Policy Executive to Join Obama Administration" - New York Times, May 29, 2009

= Chief Technology Officer =

Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer (March 2012 - Present)


 * "US CTO Looks to Scale Agile Thinking and Open Data to Improve Citizen-Centric Government" - Huffington Post, May 31, 2012.


 * "White House Names New Federal CTO" - Government Information Week, March 9, 2012

Aneesh Chopra, US Chief Technology Officer (August 2009- February 2012)


 * "Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to Leave White House" - Politico, January 27, 2012


 * "Obama Selects Chopra, Va. Tech Secretary, as CTO" - PC Magazine, April 18, 2009

= Ethics Czar =

Norm Eisen, Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform (January 2009 - June 2010)


 * "'Dr. No' Becomes Diplomat, Continues A Family Story" - NPR, January 14, 2011


 * "Office of Counsel to the President Takes Shape" - National Journal, January 28, 2009

= Ethics Portfolio =

Steve Croley, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Counsel to the President (June 2011 (current assignment) - Present)


 * "Prof. Croley in New Role at White House" - University of Michigan Law School, June 28, 2011

Bob Bauer, White House Counsel (August 2010 (picked up ethics portfolio) - June 2011)


 * "White House Counsel Bob Bauer to Step Down" - Politico, June 2, 2011


 * "White House Revamps Ethics Team, Without a Familiar Name" - New York Times, August 6, 2010

= Open Government Partnership =

Lisa Ellman, Senior Counsel, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Office of Management and Budget (January 2009 (previous White House position) - Present)


 * "The Long Road to the White House" - HarrisView

= Congressional Staffers =

Matt Lira, Director of New Media for Representative Eric Cantor (January 2009 (current position) - Present)


 * "Capitol Hill's Dec. 7 Hackathon Means Government's Getting Geekier" - TechPresident, November 28, 2011

Seamus Kraft, Director of Digital Strategy for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

= CIA =

Jeanne Tisinger, Chief Information Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (2010 - Present)


 * "A Spy by Luck: The Case File on CIA's Jeanne Tisinger." - CNN Security Clearance Blog, May 25, 2012

= New York =

Carole Post, Chief Information Office (December 2009 - Present, announced on April 12 that she would step down pending appointment of replacement)


 * "City’s Top Technology Official Resigns Amid Clashes Over Troubled Projects" - New York Times, April 13, 2012


 * "New York City CIO Carole Post Named State’s IT Official of the Year" - Government Technology, April 6, 2011

Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer (January 2011- Present)


 * "NYC's First Chief Digital Officer Speaks Out - Government Technology, February 25, 2011


 * "City Picks Entrepeneur to Lead Digital Efforts" - New York Times, January 24, 2011

= Chicago =

John Tolva, Chief Technology Office (May 2011 - Present)


 * "John Tolva Named Chicago's CTO" - Government Technology, April 21, 2011

Brett Goldstein, Chief Data Officer (May 2011 - Present)


 * "Mayor-elect Emanuel Names Chicago's Technology Leadership Team" - City of Chicago, May 16, 2011

= San Francisco =

Jay Nath, Chief Innovation Officer (January 2012 (current position) - Present)


 * "Code for America Opens 'Civic Accelerator' in S.F." - San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 2012


 * "Gov 2.0 Hero: Jay Nath" - GovFresh, September 10, 2009 (as San Francisco director of innovation)

Jon Walton, Chief Information Officer


 * "Special Report: Can Governments Keep Up Their Open Data Initiatives?" - Government Technology, May 30, 2012