Create a Transparent and Connected Democracy
• Open Up Government to its Citizens: Use cutting-edge technologies to create a new level of transparency, accountability, and participation for America's citizens.
• Bring Government into the 21st Century: Use technology to reform government and improve the exchange of information between the federal government and citizens while ensuring the security of our networks. Appoint the nation's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure the safety of our networks and lead an interagency effort, working with chief technology and chief information officers of each of the federal agencies, to ensure that they use best-in-class technologies and share best practices.
I believe that a commitment to transparency, accountability, and participation is more important than a pledge of bipartisanship. Will that be enough to temper the premature criticism from those on the left and right political fringes? Will citizens respond to this opportunity to help remake good government?
