The Biden administration hasn’t had a CTO. Why?

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

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When President Barack Obama took office way back in 2009, he created a new role that promised to bring some tech know-how to his administration. Chief Technology Officer, or CTO, was, of course, a title borrowed from corporate America. Early on, the job focused on things like bringing broadband access to rural parts of the country and modernizing the way the federal government keeps records. President Donald Trump also had a CTO. Well, we are now deep into President Joe Biden’s current term in office and the president has yet to appoint a CTO for the United States. For more on why, Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Cristiano Lima-Strong, tech policy reporter at The Washington Post, who’s been tracking developments on the position.

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1:17.0	I'm Lily Dramale. When President Barack Obama took office way back in 2009, he created a new role that promised to bring some tech know-how to his administration.
1:37.4	Chief Technology Officer or CTO was of course a title borrowed from corporate America.
1:43.4	Early on the job focused on things like bringing broadband access to rural parts of the country
1:48.9	and modernizing the way the federal government keeps records.
1:52.2	President Donald Trump also had a CTO.
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