President Obama's CTO is Aneesh Chopra . Aneesh graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. He graduated with a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.
(http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/04/aneesh-chopra-great-federal-cto.html) "Chopra demonstrates a deep understanding of the idea that the government is an enabler, not the ultimate solution provider. From the list of (his) initiatives , you can see that Chopra grasps the power of open source software, Web 2.0, user-participation, and why it's better to harness the ingenuity of a developer community than to specify complete top-down solutions."
(http://paniit2009.org/program/speakers/aneesh-chopra) Key Priorities: "The private sector needs to lead within a culture of open standards,"