White House to Establish Chief Technology Officers' Council

The White House is in the process of launching a new council of federal technology officers who will be tasked with sharing insights and solving problems across government, Veterans Affairs Department Chief Technology Officer Peter Levin said Tuesday.

The new council doesn't have an official name yet, but it will function something like a less formal version of the Chief Information Officers' Council, Levin said. It will augment the President's Innovation Cohort, a group formed early in the Obama administration for politically appointed chief technology and chief innovation officers, he said, by bringing in career staff.