White House CTO, CIO Make Plea for SXSW-Style Thinking

Nextgov: With months left in President Barack Obama's term, top White House officials made a plea to commercial tech professionals: Join the federal government, even if briefly.

Kicking off a White House Open Data Summit in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith and U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott pitched techies on a "tour of duty," asking them to join tech teams such as 18F, the U.S. Digital Service, and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program for short rotations.

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