Nitin Pradhan


Nearly two dozen government technology executives and organizations were honored by their peers in Washington, D.C., Thursday evening at a ceremony hosted at the Newseum by the Government Technology Research Alliance.

Ira Grossman, chief enterprise architect at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (pictured above, right), and Dr. Ron Ross, senior fellow for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (pictured above, left), were among those who earned special recognition at the GovTek Awards ceremony. Keep reading →

This article is adapted from a blog post on CIO.gov, the website of the U.S. chief information officer and the Federal CIO Councils. Nitin Pradhan is CIO of the Department of Transportation.

President Obama unveiled the National Open Government Action Plan today to highlight the Administration’s commitment to open government. The Status Report is currently available on the White House Open Government Initiative blog and reports on the progress made towards transparency, participation, and collaboration with the public over the past two-and-a-half years. Keep reading →