Chief Technology Officer: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Key technology policy advisor to the President of the United States}}

The '''United States Chief Technology Officer''' ('''US CTO''') is an official in the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]].<ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/aneesh_chopra_us_cto/ Obama taps America's top techie] The Register, 20 April 2009</ref> The U.S. CTO helps the [[President of the United States|President]] and their team harness the power of technology and data to benefit all Americans.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ostps-teams/technology/ "Technology | OSTP | The White House"], January 7, 2024.</ref> The CTO works closely with others both across and outside government on a broad range of work including bringing technology expertise to bear on federal policy and programs, and promoting values-driven technological innovation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sargent Jr.|first=John|date=June 4, 2010|title=A Federal Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration: Options and Issues for Consideration|url=https://whitehousetransitionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Obama-CTO-Transition_062410-1.pdf|url-status=live|website=Congressional Research Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029022123/https://whitehousetransitionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Obama-CTO-Transition_062410-1.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-29 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ostps-teams/technology/ "Technology | OSTP | The White House"], January 7, 2024.</ref> The CTO and their team have historically focused on leveraging technology and technical expertise to help create jobs, strengthen privacy protections, harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence, create paths to improve [[government services]] with [[cost reduction|lower costs]], higher quality and increased transparency and accessibility, help upgrade agencies to use [[open data]] and expand their [[data science]] capabilities, improve quality and reduce the [[health care costs|costs of health care]] and [[criminal justice]], increase access to broadband, bring technical talent into government for policy and modern operations input, improve community innovation engagement by agencies working on local challenges, and help keep the nation secure.<ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/04/18/Weekly-Address-Efficiency-and-Innovation/ "President's Weekly Address Efficiency and Innovation"], April 18, 2009.</ref><ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/03/06/remarks-of-alexander-macgillivray-at-the-state-of-the-net-conference/ " Remarks of Alexander Macgillivray at the State of the Net Conference"], March 06, 2023.</ref>