Colin Clark, writing on the blog DOD Buzz, drops a few possible names to head President-elect Barack Obama¹s intelligence team.
Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.), leads Clark's list. Roemer co-sponsored legislation that created the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, and co-chaired the commission.
Another possibility: Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif), chairwoman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence, information sharing and terrorism risk assessment.
One more: Christopher Tucker, senior vice president for national programs at erdas. Tucker was the founding chief strategic officer at In-Q-Tel, the CIA¹s venture capital fund and is a board member of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.
Posted by Michael Hardy on Nov 17, 2008 at 6:59 PM0 comments
We have no idea who president-elect Barack Obama is considering to fill the new federal chief technology officer role that he has pledged to create.
We do know that Dan Chenok, former branch chief for information policy and technology in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), had to withdraw suddenly from an upcoming seminar for reasons he couldn't disclose. Some sources tell us he's been asked to stay out of the public eye for now.
Chenok, now senior vice president and general manager of Pragmatics, could not be reached for comment. Actually, he is probably not a likely CTO pick, with his policy background. But generally, when affable and talkative former federal officials suddenly need to stay quiet for a bit right as a new president is moving into the Oval Office, there's a reason that goes beyond sudden shyness.
Posted by Michael Hardy on Nov 17, 2008 at 6:59 PM0 comments