Federal CIO Vivek Kundra Uses Facebook for Nation-wide Open Forum

With initiatives like Datamasher and Gov 2.0, Vivek Kundra makes no mystery about his Internet addendum. His plan is to impart information to the U.S. public via Internet with Social Media and Web 2.0 methods. This plan climaxed at the Gov 2.0 Summit held not so long ago. This plan could help address the hurdles facing America today. The first ever Gov 2.0 Summit from the first ever Federal CIO.

As it stands now for Vivek Kundra, he will use his previous experience as Chief Technology Officer in Washington, D.C. to look for ways of using technology that can enable the internal computing systems and functions to run smoother in the Federal government. During his brief tenure in DC, he pioneered many endeavors regarding tax-saving technology. He has also made advances by switching over the software used internally throughout the U.S. government for email and spreadsheets to the versions made by Google. Another well-known effort Vivek Kundra made was leading initiatives to increase the amount of publicly available government information while lessening the cost required to supply this info to the people. Additionally, Vivek Kundra set up a contest for developers to enter that would allow him to select the foremost technology applications for the official Washington D.C. web site.

Established by President Barack Obama, Vivek Kundra has become the first Federal CIO in the Nation. He is constantly operating to revolutionize Information Technology in the public sector employing principles of participation, collaboration, transparency. With earlier expertise has CTO for Washington, D.C. Vivek Kundra has the experience and credentials to meet the IT hurdles before him. His former expertise at the District and State levels prepared him well for this task.