
US federal CIO? ‘Someone from Google or Facebook will be eaten alive’
The selection of US Chief Information Officer must be an innovative Washington IT insider. Anyone else is doomed to fail.

Mission impossible? White House looks for new CIO
As President Obama seeks a new U.S. Chief Information Officer, it’s time to examine the opportunities and obstacles associated with this important role.

White House expands Gov 2.0 with landmark crowdsourcing directive
On March 8, 2010, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance to Federal agencies strongly encouraging the use of…crowdsourcing (link to pdf). Specifically, using crowdsourcing to further the objectives of "creating a more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government." Yeah, that thing that Cisco, Pepsi and Unilever are doing. This is big. […]