Obama CIO To Unveil Transparency Tool
On Tuesday, White House Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and White House New Media Director Macon Phillips will unveil an Internet-based interactive dashboard that will make available in a single location details about every major information technology project pursued by the federal government. The big reveal will take place at the Personal Democracy Forum's annual conference in New York City. The Web site will let the public see each initiative's goals, schedule, cost outlays, key personnel, contractors employed, and where the effort stands in real time, Kundra has said. He launched a similar program as chief technology officer for the District of Columbia, where he worked before joining the administration. The plan is aligned with legislation introduced earlier this year by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Carper, D-Del., which called for a Web site to be updated quarterly with the price, schedule and performance details of major federal projects. Read more about the initiative in a recent CongressDaily story here and check in Tuesday for more details.
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