Dear Mr. President: Let's talk tech

Byron SpiceFriday, November 7, 2008

SCS Distinguished Career Professor David Farber was one of nineĀ IT luminaries asked by ComputerWorld magazine to tell incoming President Barack Obama what we need to do to tackle America's ongoing decline in global technological competitiveness. Farber who is a former chief technologist at the Federal Communications Commission, says 'We have let the ability of the government to obtain advice and direction from IT leaders decline over the past eight years." He suggests reestablishing PITAC, the President's Information Technology Advisory Council, along with a strong science/technology adviser to the president to provide much needed help in technology policy. Read the complete story and Farber's remarks.

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