Thursday, January 14, 2010

Obama Speaks to CEOs on Government Technology - Video

Obama says government workers get a bad rap and that technology has yet to make its way to government. Vivek Kundra and Aneesh Chopra are coordinating technology at the White House.

Some of the invitees:
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Technology
John McGlade, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Consumer Goods
Angie Hicks, Angie’s List
Cheryl Milone, Article One Partners
Andrea Jung, Avon
Debra Lee, BET Networks
Gregory Page, Cargill, Inc.
David Dougherty, Convergys
Craig Newmark, Craigslist
Samuel Allen, Deere & Co.
John Riccitiello, Electronic Arts, Inc.
Pam Nicholson, Enterprise
Chris Hughes, Facebook
Michael Thompson, Fair Oaks Farms
Ping Fu, Geomagic
Wendy Lea, GetSatisfaction
Andrew Mason, Groupon
Daniel Weirich, GW Micro
Al Fuller, Integrated Packaging
Mickey Drexler, J.Crew
Carl Camden, Kelly Services Staffing
James Crowe, Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Bill McComb, Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Jeff Joerres, Manpower, Inc.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
Sal Iannuzzi, Monster.com
Punita Pandey, netCustomer
Jeffrey Jordan, OpenTable
Charles Harrington, Parsons Corp.
See more here.
Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education, moderates a session on Transforming Customer Service at the White House Forum on Modernizing Government:

William Lynn, Deputy Secretary for the Department of Defense, moderates a session on streamlining operations at the White House Forum on Modernizing Government.

There is another forum here, here and this is the closing session with Kundra and Chopra: