The 'Rock Star' Government CIO, Redefined

Vivek Kundra is one such CIO. After unquestioned success as chief technology officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia, where he implemented cloud computing and crowdsourced applications development, he was tapped to become the first federal CIO. Kundra himself used the term "rock star CIO" in suggesting what federal agencies needed to move the federal government from 1960s era technology to 21st century technology.

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