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Gallery: A look back at tech policy under President Obama

By // January 20, 2017, 10:40 AM PST // bviglia

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  • White House honors 5 technology innovators with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Grace Hopper and Bill Gates were among the honorees in the late-2016 ceremony.

    Image: Smithsonian Institution (Wikimedia Commons)

  • ​White House announces $300M in tech funding for digital health, smart cities, AI, and getting us to Mars

    The funding was announced at the White House Frontiers Conference in October 2016.

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  • ​Obama Administration names first-ever federal Chief Information Security Officer

    General Gregory G Touhill (Ret.) was the lucky nominee.

    Pete Souza, The White House

  • ​US will hand over DNS supervision to ICANN, lessening its control of the naming system

    It was a fight, but the international organization is now in charge of DNS rules.

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  • ​Is US Cyber Command preparing to become the 6th branch of the military?

    Cyberwarfare is a growing concern, and the US Cyber Command may be the future of this new form of war.

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  • How Obama administration plans to prevent rigged elections

    The administration's efforts likely prevented fraud at polling places, but they didn't plan on any outside forces affecting the election through headlines.

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  • ​President Obama's new open data initiative could help cities help themselves

    The Opportunity Project is all about putting big data in the hands of the people.

  • ​White House expands TechHire for Americans, opens door to more international students, powers up makers

    The TechHire initiative is designed to fill many of the critical IT jobs that aren't being occupied.

  • ​Obama seeks $19B for cybersecurity in 2017, a 36% increase

    The shift in funding priority signals the future of international conflict: Cyberspace.

    Image: Pete Souza, The White House

  • ​SOTU 2015: 5 big takeaways about tech and innovation

    It might be two years ago now, but 2015's State Of The Union was full of tech talk.

  • ​3D printing takes center stage at first ever White House Maker Faire

    The 2014 Maker Faire was the first of the annual events, and some of the tech was fascinating.

  • ​Reality check for Obama's six proposed tech hubs: Job growth not immediate

    How has life fared for the six tech hubs Obama proposed in 2014?

  • Lessons to be learned from Healthcare.gov Obamacare.jpg (CNET) The headline everyone's waiting for: The fallout over Obamacare.

    The headline everyone's waiting for: The fallout over Obamacare.

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  • ​HealthCare.gov rollout lesson: Push back on unrealistic launch dates

    More feedback from the less-than-successful tech behind the ACA's launch.

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  • ​U.S. CTO: Three big targets for today's tech entrepreneurs

    What did Obama's CTO have to say to tech entrepreneurs in 2011?

  • ​President Obama does his own tech demo for HealthCare.gov

    Of course it works fine for him when you're watching.

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  • ​Obama sends NASA back to the drawing board

    Why was Obama so unhappy with NASA in 2010?

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  • ​Obama names IT change-agent Kundra as federal CIO

    The president named Vivek Kundra to the post.

  • ​How Obama's initiatives may affect IT consultants

    Take a look back to 2009 to see if any of these changes came to be.

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  • ​Sanity check: 10 tech leaders who could become Obama's CTO

    Did we pick the right guy? Take a look at this article from 2008 to find out.

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White House honors 5 technology innovators with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Grace Hopper and Bill Gates were among the honorees in the late-2016 ceremony.

Image: Smithsonian Institution (Wikimedia Commons)

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