President Obama today announced that Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer for the District, will be the federal chief information officer.

It's a job that did not exist in previous administrations; Obama, who leveraged social networks, text messages and other Internet tools on the campaign trail, promised to create a technology czar with the aim of helping the government operate more efficiently.

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Updates:  UPDATED Mar 07, 2009 3:10 PM PST
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