Aneesh Chopra

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Aneesh Chopra

Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer

Aneesh Chopra was the Chief Technology Officer and in this role served as an Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology within the Office of Science & Technology Policy. He worked to advance the President’s technology agenda by fostering new ideas and encouraging government-wide coordination to help the country meet its goals from job creation, to reducing health care costs, to protecting the homeland.

Aneesh was sworn in on May 22nd, 2009. Prior to his appointment, he served as the fourth Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2006 until April 2009. Prior to his appointment by then-Governor Timothy M. Kaine, he served as Managing Director with the Advisory Board Company, a publicly-traded healthcare think tank. Chopra was named to Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 in their Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers issue in 2008.

Aneesh Chopra received his B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University and his M.P.P. from Harvard’s Kennedy School.

Aneesh Chopra's Posts

Technology

Modernizing Government: Next Steps

March 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM EDT

The eagerness of private sector leaders to lend their expertise, and that of their companies, to the common goal of improving Federal Government operations, represents one of the successes of the White House Forum on Modernizing Government.

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Technology

Connecting America

March 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM EDT

Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the National Broadband Plan, called for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to identify ways to expand access to broadband and promote economic growth and job creation.

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Technology

Evolving the Open Government Dashboard with You

February 9, 2010 at 11:58 AM EDT

CTO Aneesh Chopra talks next steps for the Open Government Dashboard.

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Education

Seeking Game-Changing Solutions to Childhood Obesity

February 4, 2010 at 5:00 PM EDT

Leading experts in the fields of gaming and technology came together in a workshop sponsored by OSTP and the Department of Agriculture to help guide the development of an initiative to create fun learning applications to motivate children and their parent to eat healthy and be active.

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Women

New Mothers Get Digital Helper Right on Their Phones

February 4, 2010 at 1:24 PM EDT

A new service from the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition provides new and expectant mothers with important tips timed to their due date or the age of their child sent straight to their cell phones.

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Technology

Demonstrate a Technologist’s Spirit of Generosity on Martin Luther King Day

January 15, 2010 at 4:36 PM EDT

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra calls on IT and web professionals to join in the MLK Technology Challenge and help schools who need computer, internet and technology assistance.

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Technology

Celebrating Innovation at the Consumer Electronics Show

January 8, 2010 at 9:29 PM EDT

CTO Aneesh Chopra discusses some of the exciting innovationns at CES.

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Technology

America's Innovators Call for Health Care Reform to Unlock Jobs of the Future

December 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM EDT

Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra relays wisdom from technology leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs on the urgency of fixing our health care system for the future of the economy.

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Technology

Answering Your Questions on the Open Government Directive

December 11, 2009 at 5:29 PM EDT

Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra answers some additional questions from the live chat on Open Government held earlier this week.

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Economy

A Dialogue on Accelerating the Innovation Economy

December 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM EDT

Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra took part in a discussion on how innovation can help create quality jobs and spur economic growth.

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