Government CTO Resigns

Aneesh Chopra, the federal government’s first chief technology officer and assistant to the president, has resigned, the White House announced.

Chopra joined the administration of Barack Obama in 2009.

According to the Washington Post, Chopra may consider throwing his hat into the race for lieutenant governor of Virginia.

Before entering public service, Chopra was managing director with the Advisory Board Company, a publicly-traded healthcare think tank.

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