Vivek Kundra Manages Administration Expenditure on Tech Sector
31 January 2010Vivek Kundra, CIO of the United States, is responsible for paring down government operations by way of a sound IT schema. Previously distinguished as Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers, he believes in the ideal of open government and the informed use of tech in government. Vivek Kundra was part of President Obama’s transition team and he worked on tech policy for the Presidential team.
Vivek Kundra is responsible for aligning Information Technology operations across government agencies. In meeting his duties, he sees value in the Federal government embracing cloud computing. Cloud computing involves the employment of hundreds of thousands of computers to store information online. This means not using devoted and high-priced physical servers. As an example of his efforts in this area, he converted an entire office to Google documents for spreadsheets, word processing and email while working for the District of Columbia.
While serving the District of Columbia he fulfilled assorted initiatives that saved residents tax dollars. One project was a transfer for D.C. employees to free Google platforms for e-mail, spreadsheets and PowerPoint. His first public move as part of the President’s governance was formulating a new feature on USASpending.gov. It goes by the name “IT Dashboard.” This feature outlines U.S investments in IT and provides a timeline for project completion. He accomplished this project with New Media Director Macon Phillips.
It seems as though for Vivek Kundra, the time is now for executing innovative IT initiatives. His desire is to distribute more information to the public and to facilitate effective communication between government bureaus. He is directing a Federal government technology schema that is employing cloud computing, open source, and other ways to aid the Federal government achieve its ambitious Web 2.0 goals.
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