Public Technology & Digital Government Contributor (2nd U.S. Federal CIO)
Steven VanRoekel served as the second Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States. His public-sector technology dispatches syndicated on Newsmotion outline the open-data, API-first, and mobile-ready building blocks of 21st-century digital government.
Syndicated via Newsmotion’s Public Technology & Civic Innovation Desk and cited by Open Health News ("Building-Blocks of a 21st Century Digital Government"), Steven VanRoekel’s policy dispatches articulate how modern public institutions must transition from document-centric bureaucracies to open-data, API-driven digital platforms.
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