Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector: Vivek Kundra@US Government

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Case Code : LDEN064
Case Length : 22 Pages
Period : 2007-2009
Pub Date : 2009
Teaching Note : Available
Organization : US government / District of Columbia government
Industry : Public Sector
Countries : USA

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"[I]'m going to be working very closely with all federal CIOs in terms of the agency level to ensure that they are advancing an agenda that embraces open government, an agenda that looks at how we can fundamentally revolutionize technology in the public sector and reject the view that the public sector has to lag behind the private sector." ¹

- Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer, USA, in 2009.

"As the country's first-ever CIO, Vivek Kundra faces significant challenges modernizing the nation's IT infrastructure and will be charged to do so at a time when self-interests and a lack of industry oversight threaten not only our freedoms and privacy but also the long-term innovation potential of IT." ²

- Paul Venezia, Senior Contributing Editor, InfoWorld Test Center, in 2009.

Introduction

In March 2009, Vivek Kundra (Kundra), then Chief Technology Officer (CTO)³ of the District of Columbia (DC), was appointed to the newly created position of Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO)⁴ of USA.

Though he had a less than two-year tenure as the CTO at DC, Kundra was widely credited with having ushered in a new era of experimentation by democratizing data and providing an open, participatory government wherein citizens could access government data and hold the government accountable for its operations.

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1] Timothy M. O'Brien, "Vivek Kundra: Federal CIO in His Own Words," http://radar.oreilly.com, March 5 2009.
2] Paul Venezia, "10 IT agenda items for the first U.S. CIO," www.infoworld.com, March 9, 2009.
3] The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) was responsible for making technology advancements and overseeing the technology needs of the residents of the District.
4] On March 5, 2009, US President Barack Obama appointed Kundra as the country's first ever federal government CIO, a position created by the Obama administration. The role of the Federal CIO was to use technology to improve performance and lower the cost of government operations, establishing a secure IT architecture and overseeing all federal IT spending.


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