President Obama’s inability to fill even half of his major political appointments is in the news this week, but the appointments he’s already made are causing some in Silicon Valley to question whether they supported the right candidate. The president chose non-Silicon-Valley candidates for the nation’s two major technology posts. In March, Obama appointed Vivek Kundra of Washington, D.C., as the nation’s chief information officer. In April, he appointed Aneesh Paul Chopra, then Virginia’s secretary of technology, as his choice for chief technology officer.
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What Has President Obama Done for Silicon Valley?
Posted by: Sonia Arrison August 28, 2009 04:00 AMPresident Obama’s inability to fill even half of his major political appointments is in the news this week, but the appointments he’s already made are causing some in Silicon Valley to question whether they supported the right candidate. The president chose non-Silicon-Valley candidates for the nation’s two major technology posts. In March, Obama appointed Vivek Kundra of Washington, D.C., as the nation’s chief information officer. In April, he appointed Aneesh Paul Chopra, then Virginia’s secretary of technology, as his choice for chief technology officer.