There's little question that the technology community in Washington is excited by what they expect to be the elevated embrace of technology by President-elect Obama's administration. "He gets it," tech insiders say. Insiders say they're looking forward to having a more tech-savvy team in the White House and hope that the administration's use of technology will help usher in an era of greater transparency in government. An Obama reign is expected to channel more federal resources toward technology initiatives and spur pro-tech changes in trade and tax policy. Obama has also said he supports network neutrality "to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet," but it remains to be seen what will happen on this policy front.

Business Software Alliance president Robert Holleyman said that "Obama sees a central role for technology and technology policy" in his administration. Obama seems to "look at tech sector as a unique driver of growth and solutions" and not just as another industry sector, agreed Ralph Hellmann of the Information Technology Industry Council. Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, called Obama "ambitious on the spending side," which could mean "more serious federal resources going behind e-government" initiatives, health IT, broadband and education.

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