For the most part, my posts here are apolitical...or completely void of politics. It is the romantic in me who holds out for a technically savvy federal administration. From a close friend who has dealt with the systems in use by federal regulating agencies for 15+years, the following list is not likely to happen (neither is a tech savvy administration). The slide show format on the 10 Things list at eWeek.com is not my favorite, however, I have to agree with most of the objectives...even if I'd rather the federal government not get involved in any of the 10 items. The list goes as follows
1. Launch a massive retraining program for IT workers
2. Create incentives to hire older IT workers
3. Work out a reasonable Visa Program
4. Create an energy policy for data centers
5. Create incentives for the adoption of unified communications
6. Drive the adoption of video conferencing
7. Clear up the Sarbanes-Oxley mess
8. Drive a health care IT reform act
9. Create a mandate for data portability
10. Learn to actually use the web (my personal favorite)