Bloggers give Obama marching orders for the IT industry

20.01.2009
On Friday, a group of IT experts gathered to create some marching orders for president-elect Barrack Obama after he takes office January 20. The participants included the following Network World bloggers, Matthew Nickash (); Jamie Heary (); Craig Mathias (); Jeff Doyle (); Curt Monash (); and from Computerworld, Dan Tynan ().

Moderator-Julie: Hello and welcome everyone.

Jeff_Doyle: I have a question for everyone: has said he's going to appoint a federal CTO. What do all of you think of that? Is it a good idea? Will it have effects beyond the federal government networks?

Craig_Mathias: Having a central CTO could do some good - but getting all of the various bureaucracies and agencies and departments to pay attention would be tough - very tough.

Dan_Tynan: I say it's good idea (what's taking him so long to find someone?) but also, what's the job description? That seems a bit murky.

Curt_Monash: I've been on the CTO issue extensively. I think . The isn't enough and ambitions are too low.