Vivek Kundra: Much Room For Improvement In IT Innovation
Vivek Kundra believes America has fallen behind in technological innovation, but that there is hope. At the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington D.C. Kundra cited an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report that listed the United States last out of 36 nations for adapting new technology, according to an InformationWeek report. The study included areas such as immigration policy, number of students graduating from college and the use of broadband in households and businesses.
Kundra said at the Open Government Conference that,”We have failed to translate the power and potential in our nation’s capacity to compete in a more globally competitive marketplace. Our public policy has failed to keep up with all we have around us.”
Yet Kundra believes that awareness and education is how America will once again become an innovative and technology-driven society.Kundra said, “But I am equally committed to holding myself accountable, and in turn asking you to hold me accountable, for us to deliver on promises, so that we show progress. Not all these technology initiatives require new laws or budgets; this is just about mind-set.”
Kundra said during his keynote address that the government plans to work with the private sector to use technology to better ”engage with the American public”. Kundra listed emerging technologies such as healthcare IT, smart grids, cloud computing, and open data initiatives as examples.
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