Innovative State

Over the last twenty years our economy and our society have been completely revolutionized by technology. As Aneesh Chopra shows in <i>Innovative State</i> once it became clear how much this would change America a movement arose around the idea that these same technologies could reshape and improve government. But the idea languished and while the private sector innovated our government stalled. <p/>The election of Barack Obama offered a new opportunity. In 2009 Aneesh Chopra was named the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Previously the Secretary of Technology for Virginia and managing director for a health care think tank Chopra led the administration's initiatives for a more open tech-savvy government. In <i>Innovative State</i> he draws on this experience and interviews with policy experts and tech insiders to offer an absorbing look at how government can establish a new paradigm for the internet era and allow us to tackle our most challenging problems from economic development to veteran affairs.