Obama Would Appoint CTO of the United States

VentureBeat has published an exclusive report saying that a President Obama would appoint a Chief Technology Officer of the United States. The money quote:

The CTO’s mandate would be quite different from the Cybersecurity czar appointed under the Bush Administration. Bush’s czar helped defend against cyberattacks. Obama’s CTO, by contrast, would ensure government officials holds open meetings, broadcast live webcasts of those meetings, and use blogging software, wikis and open comments to communicate policies with Americans, according to the plan.

Obama royally pissed me off with that Donnie McClurkin thing. I have a hard time supporting anyone who would give a podium to the “ex-gay” movement because I’m aware of how much strife and hatred it causes. Still, transparency in government is critical. It would be really hard for me not to support a candidate who promises to use technology to make that happen.