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Power Of One: In this special edition of Power of One, NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain interacts with Farah Pandith, US President Barack Obama's special representative to Muslim communities and Vivek Kundra, the US government's chief information officer. Kundra and Pandith - Indian Americans in the Obama administration - share their views on a variety of topics.
gov2summit.com Aneesh Chopra (Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy), Vivek Kundra (Office of Management and Budget), "Closing the Technology Gap"
Two of the government's highest ranking technologists talk about the challenges and opportunities in creating a new culture for the US government and how it can empower citizens with information.
Vivek Kundra, CIO of US, Farah Anwar Pandith, special representative to Muslim Communities for US Dept of State, Preeta Bansal, Vice-Chair, Administrative Conference of the US, Richard Verma, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, US Department of State, and Ro Khanna, Deputy Assistant Secretary for US Domestic Operations & Foreign Commercial Service, US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration, got NDTV Profit's award for Excellence in International Governance. They speak about their roles in the Obama administration.
This week we have Jyoti Bansal, Founder & CEO of AppDynamics and Ashish Soni, President & CTO of Ringio. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com. Take a moment to thank our Sponsors: Virtacore, Storm on Demand, NetDNA on Twitter. virtacore.com http netdna.com NEWS HEADLINES Story 1 - Gartner's Global IT Council for Cloud Services has issued 7 rights and a responsibility for cloud computing consumers. Gartner Report. The right to retain ownership your data, better SLAs, notification of changes that affect biz processes, understand tech limitations up front, the legal requirements where the provider operates, know security processes followed, the RESPONSIBILITY to adhere to software license requirements. Q: Doesn't the biggest responsibility reside with consumers to push providers to honor these rights? Story 2 - Microsoft is partnering with Dell, HP and Fujitsu to sell Azure as part of their data center products. Q: Microsoft has always relied on its channel partners for sales. Will this business strategy continue to work with MSFT's cloud computing efforts? Story 3 - Dave's post: For what ails health care, my prescription is the cloud Q: The cloud provides many opportunities for healthcare, but is the industry ready? Story 4 - Feds pull the plug on funding for IT projects The federal gov't is backpedaling on IT spending - halting some 30 financial system modernization projects. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has publicly criticized ...
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DC Law.Gov 6.3 - Vivek Kundra - Center for American Progress 2010 - - June 15, 2010. 14th Law.Gov Workshop. Session on Government as Platform.
Vivek Kundra, US Chief Information Officer, says President Obama views technology as a venue for improving government services and, more notably, as a means of empowering the American people. Improving Science and Technology Innovation in the US: www.brookings.edu
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra's keynote at the Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop May 20, 2010. Kundra describes the gap between consumers access to IT and the government. He calls for cloud computing to narrow this gap while maintaining security, data portability and interoperability.Kundra calls industry and government to work together to accelerate cloud adoption by focusing on standards and helping agencies leverage the certification work done by other agencies.
Vivek Kundra envisions a federal IT enterprise that's fast, effective and responsive to the demands of its users. You don't want to miss this one.
Vivek Kundra US Chief Information Officer (CIO) from the Executive Office of the President on Telework in Government.
www.whitehouse.gov President Obama has declared that the cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation and that America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity. As a result, the President directed a top-to-bottom review of the Federal Government's efforts to defend our information and communications infrastructure, which resulted in a report titled the Cyberspace Policy Review. To implement the results of this review, the President has appointed Howard Schmidt to serve at the US Cybersecurity Coordinator and created the Cybersecurity Office within the National Security Staff, which works closely with the Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Technology ,Officer Aneesh Chopra and the National Economic Council. Why This is Important Cyberspace touches nearly every part of our daily lives. It's the broadband networks beneath us and the wireless signals around us, the local networks in our schools and hospitals and businesses, and the massive grids that power our nation. It's the classified military and intelligence networks that keep us safe, and the World Wide Web that has made us more interconnected than at any time in human history. We must secure our cyberspace to ensure that we can continue to grow the nations economy and protect our way of life. What We Must Do Our Nations cybersecurity strategy is twofold: (1) improve our resilience to cyber incidents and ...
Mayor Gavin Newsom was joined by President Obamas Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to launch a national Open311 API (Application Programming Interface) that will transform 311 Customer Service Centers into tools of even greater value. Open311 will allow software developers to write web applications that do two things: 1) get service request data directly from the 311 system, and 2) submit new service requests to city departments.
Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, has come far in his career. Here he offers some advice to future public sector leaders.
Just days after the launch of the Open Government Directive, on December 8th, 2009, we had to opportunity to sit down and speak with Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO. We learned from him the type of responses he has been hearing since the live webcast launching the new directive.
Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, shared with us some of his favorite hobbies.
Working as Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra has long hours and little free time. He sat down and shared with us how he manages his work/life balance.
Open for Questions: Transparency in President Obama Government Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra take your questions on the new Open Government Directive and the move to a more transparent government. December 8, 2009.
Our interview guest this week at Darshan Studio is Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States.Enjoy Ramesh's conversation with Vivek. visit www.darshantv.com for more..!
Our interview guest this week at Darshan Studio is Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States.Enjoy Ramesh's conversation with Vivek. visit www.darshantv.com for more..!
Our interview guest this week at Darshan Studio is Vivek Kundra, the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States.Enjoy Ramesh's conversation with Vivek. visit www.darshantv.com for more..!
Tina Nunno and Andrea Di Maio interview Vivek Kundra at Gartner's Symposium ITXPO. Vivek Kundra was appointed as the first Federal CIO of the United States by President Obama in March 2009. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Kundra served in Mayor Fenty's cabinet as the CTO for the District of Columbia and Governor Kaines cabinet as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has also served in leadership roles in the private sector. Kundra has been recognized by InfoWorld among the top 25 CTO's in the country and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency, engage citizens and lower the cost of government operations. He has also been named to Government Technology magazines Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers.
The following is the list of 28 government positions fitting the description of czars: Herb Allison -- TARP Czar -- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability Alan Bersin -- Border Czar -- Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs Dennis Blair -- Intelligence Czar -- Director of National Intelligence John Brennan -- Terrorism Czar -- Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security Carol Browner -- Energy Czar -- Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Adolfo Carrion -- Jr Urban Affairs Czar -- Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Ashton Carter -- Weapons Czar -- Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Aneesh Chopra -- Technology Czar -- Chief Technology Officer Jeffrey Crowley -- AIDS Czar -- Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Cameron Davis -- Great Lakes Czar -- Special advisor to the US EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan Nancy-Ann DeParle -- Health Czar -- Director of the White House Office of Health Reform Earl Devaney -- Stimulus Accountability Czar -- Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board Joshua DuBois -- Faith-based Czar -- Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Kenneth Feinberg -- Pay Czar -- Special Master on executive pay Danny Fried -- Guantanamo Closure Czar -- Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay J. Scott ...
In 2008, Barack Obama, dressed up as "Candidate Obama", declared that he would clean up the Bush administration's corruption. No lobbyists, no special interests, and no crooks or liars. Well, what did his campaign promises get us after the mask came off? Based on an article I wrote on the Black Forest Post: watchw0lf.livejournal.com
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This video addresses a few of the reasons why the Federal government is looking at Cloud Computing. This video was first shown to the public on September 15th, 2009 by Vivek Kundra, when he announced the launch of Apps.gov (apps.gov), the government's first online storefront for Cloud Computing services. This video was a product of Touchstone Consulting and EFX Media in support of activities for the Federal Government's Cloud Computing Program Management Office based at GSA. Please contact thecloudguy@gmail.com if you have any questions.
This is a brief overview of the benefits of Cloud Computing. This production was created by GSA for the Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra.
GSA.gov is making it easier for you to become one of their vendors. Vivek Kundra, CIO to President Obama, tells how this will increase your chances by making the process simpler. What do you have that our government wants or needs
Lamar Alexander appeared on Fox and Friends to talk about the role of czars in President Obama's administration.
Vivek Kundra (Office of Management and Budget), Ellen Miller (Sunlight Foundation), "A Conversation with Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra"
Vivek Kundra, Fed CIO spoke at AMES at NASA on US Govt Cloud Computing initiatives. This was broadcast by NASA TV.
Vivek Kundra, Fed CIO spoke at AMES at NASA on US Govt Cloud Computing initiatives. This was broadcast by NASA TV.
Vivek Kundra, Fed CIO spoke at AMES at NASA on US Govt Cloud Computing initiatives. This was broadcast by NASA TV.
At NASA's Ames Research Center, Obama Administration CIO Vivek Kundra on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, announced the government's new cloud computing initiative.
Senator Lamar Alexander remarked on President Obama's use of czars in his administration: "According to news accounts, there are 32 or 34 so-called czars in the Obama White House. Respected voices in the Senate—Senator Byrd and Senator Hutchison, a senior Democrat and a senior Republican—have pointed out that these czars are an affront to the Constitution. Theyre antidemocratic. They are a poor example of a new era of transparency which was promised to this country. They are a poor way to manage the government and they seem to me to be the principal symptom of this administrations eight-month record of too many Washington takeovers.
On the floor of the Senate, US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) remarked on President Barack Obama's administration's use of czars. He called them "antidemocratic and a poor way to manage government.
Complete video at: fora.tv Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, discusses how the newly created government website IT Dashboard is helping to create a culture of government accountability through information transparency. ----- Aneesh Chopra was appointed by President Barack Obama as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer in April 2009, with the mandate to promote technological innovation to help the country meet its most urgent priorities - from creating jobs and reducing health care costs to keeping our nation secure. Don't miss this opportunity to hear and interact with Mr. Chopra in his first Bay Area appearance. - Churchill Club Aneesh Chopra is the Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States. He served as Virginia's Secretary of Technology as well as having previously served as Managing Director for the Advisory Board Company, leading the firms Financial Leadership Council and the Working Council for Health Plan Executives. On announcing Chopra's appointment, President Obama outlined his aims for the CTO. "As Chief Technology Officer, Chopra's job will be to promote technological innovation to help the country meet its goals such as job creation, reducing health care costs, and protecting the homeland. Together with Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, their jobs are to make the government more effective, efficient, and transparent."
Panelists Vivek Kundra (CTO, DC Government), Steven Knapp (President, GWU), Anne Armstrong (President, 1105 Government Information Group) and Matthew Voorhees (President, Anybill) discuss DC's technology future.
On August 6, 2009, Vivek Kundra, US Chief Information Officer, participated in an FCC-sponsored discussion on a national broadband plan from the viewpoints of the government and the non-profit sectors. During the discussion, he outlined the government plan to expand information technology and government transparency. www.c-spanarchives.org
A conversation with Vivek Kundra, US Chief Information Officer, and Macon Phillips, White House Director of New Media.
Vivek Kundra, US Chief Information Officer, unveils IT Spending Dashboard at Personal Democracy Forum 2009.
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra answers your questions from Facebook and the White House website about all things technology, information, and transparency. June 30, 2009. See: it.usaspending.gov (Public Domain)
As we've covered over the last couple days, Obama's man-in-charge, CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled a new IT dashboard which aims to give regular people access to spending data, in an effort to make the government more transparent. Will it work, and how significant is it? We talk to PCMag's Kyle Monson and BuyMeGetMe's Gary Krakow about the topic. Gary has high hopes but is extremely skeptical. As a former NBC news-er, he's seen his share of government misinformation and he thinks that people will try their best to fudge the numbers. Kyle thinks the data is there, and that it's pretty in-depth, but he thinks its missing the next step of how to act on the data. Regular people won't know what to do with the data, but the fact that the project went from concept to action in 90 days speaks well for the future of the project. What's your take, is it going to change the government or is it in vain because the government can't truly change? Sound off in the comments, and be sure to check out our other video from the Personal Democracy Forum. Distributed by Tubemogul.
President Obama's CIO-in-chief stepped up to the podium at the Personal Democracy Forum and unveiled a new "dashboard" which lets users track where the government spends money, and the person responsible for each project. Users can start at a broad level, like each individual agency, and drill down to look at each individual CIO responsible for each pet project. The hope is, by providing more information to more eyes, governmental waste can be reduced. Distributed by Tubemogul.
On June 13, Vivek Kundra spoke to a class of 36 Technology Management students at George Mason University's School of Management. Kundra provided insights on the essential value of a combined technology management background in ensuring IT success.
Google I/O 2009 - Using the Visualization API with GWT and Other Advanced Topics Itai Raz, Nir Bar-Lev -- Contents -- 1:30 - What is Google Visualization API? 7:55 - GWT Wrapper library (+ demo) 24:40 - Improving Latency 31:30 - Security / Privacy considerations 40:15 - Data View 46:30 - Q&A -- End -- The session will cover using the Visualization API with GWT as well as related advanced topics such as Secure Data Connector and the Visualization API, Latency tips & tricks and wrapping javascript visualizations as gadgets. For presentation slides and all I/O sessions, please go to: code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Part of Silona Bonewald SXSW 2009 session "There are smarter, better, faster, and cheaper ways of solving problems. Apps for Democracy is an example of a new way of solving problems in government IT that resulted in 47 web, iPhone and Facebook apps created in 30 days, for $50k and at a total value of $2.6 million to the city of washington DC. More at www.appsfordemocracy.org"
www.openthegovernment.org On his first day in office, President Obama, in his Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, directed his administration to develop recommendations for an "Open Government Directive" that moves government towards being "transparent," "participatory," and "collaborative." OpenTheGovernment.org's webcast presents a great opportunity for the public to be involved in the crafting of this directive. During the webcast, individuals who are intimately involved in formulating the administration's policies and agendas will explain the initiative's goals, receive feedback from the audience, and let members of the public know how they can continue to participate in the discussion. The event will feature a discussion between speakers and the audience on what the Obama administration hopes to achieve, the policy issues facing this administration, the Obama administration's vision for e-government, and financial and economic transparency. Also during the event, Patrice McDermott, Director of OpenTheGovernment.org and Ari Schwartz, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) will release a report based on the results of Show Us the Data, a web-based survey used to discover what information the public wants to get access to and use, albeit it is restricted. Featured Speakers: Dan Chenok, a member of President Obama's "Technology, Innovation and Government Reform" transition team; former branch chief for information policy and ...
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