Obama to name Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator
US News • December 2009 • Views: 375
Seven months after President Obama vowed to “personally select” an adviser to orchestrate the government’s strategy for protecting computer systems, the White House is expected to name a former Bush administration official to the job as early as Tuesday.
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Schmidt was chosen after a long process in which dozens of people were sounded out.
Many declined the post, largely out of concern that the job conferred much responsibility with little true authority, some of them said.
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[good luck Mr. Schmidt.]