For the past few years, President Barack Obama’s White House has attracted a slew of private-sector technology heavyweights, often poached from a recurring cast of Silicon Valley stalwarts such as Twitter and Google.
Part of the Obama administration’s legacy has been to create new White House-based executive roles dedicated to technology. Obama appointed the first federal chief information officer, chief technology officer and a chief information security officer, and others within other offices, such as chief digital officer and chief data scientist.
