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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Key technology policy advisor to the President of the United States</div> <p>The <b>United States Chief Technology Officer</b> (<b>US CTO</b>) is an official in the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Science_and_Technology_Policy" title="Office of Science and Technology Policy">Office of Science and Technology Policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. CTO helps the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> and their team harness the power of technology and data to benefit all Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CTO works closely with others both across and outside government on a broad range of work including bringing technology expertise to bear on federal policy and programs, and promoting values-driven technological innovation.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CTO and their team have historically focused on leveraging technology and technical expertise to help create jobs, strengthen privacy protections, harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence, create paths to improve <a href="/wiki/Government_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Government services">government services</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cost_reduction" title="Cost reduction">lower costs</a>, higher quality and increased transparency and accessibility, help upgrade agencies to use <a href="/wiki/Open_data" title="Open data">open data</a> and expand their <a href="/wiki/Data_science" title="Data science">data science</a> capabilities, improve quality and reduce the <a href="/wiki/Health_care_costs" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care costs">costs of health care</a> and <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice" title="Criminal justice">criminal justice</a>, increase access to broadband, bring technical talent into government for policy and modern operations input, improve community innovation engagement by agencies working on local challenges, and help keep the nation secure.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_United_States&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2008 presidential campaign, <a href="/wiki/Senator_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="Senator Barack Obama">Senator Barack Obama</a> stated that he would appoint the first federal chief technology officer if elected to the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aneesh_Chopra" title="Aneesh Chopra">Aneesh Chopra</a> was named by <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">President Obama</a> as the nation's first CTO in April 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on August 7, 2009. Chopra resigned effective February 8, 2012, and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Park" title="Todd Park">Todd Park</a>, formerly the CTO of the Department of Health and Human Services. On September 4, 2014 <a href="/wiki/Megan_Smith" title="Megan Smith">Megan Smith</a> was named as the CTO. <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">President Trump</a> named <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kratsios" title="Michael Kratsios">Michael Kratsios</a> as U.S. CTO in May 2019, and he was unanimously confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on August 1, 2019. As of February 16, 2025, President Trump has yet to nominate a U.S. CTO. This is the longest the position has been unfilled since its inception. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th> <th colspan="2">President </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg/75px-Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg/113px-Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg/150px-Aneesh_Chopra_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Chopra, Aneesh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Aneesh_Chopra" title="Aneesh Chopra">Aneesh Chopra</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes012712_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes012712-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-05-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2009</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-02-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 2012</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Obama, Barack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></span></span></span><br />(2009–2017) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Todd_Park.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Todd_Park.jpeg/75px-Todd_Park.jpeg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Todd_Park.jpeg/113px-Todd_Park.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Todd_Park.jpeg/150px-Todd_Park.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2731" data-file-height="4096" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Park, Todd"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Park" title="Todd Park">Todd Park</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-politico_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-03-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 1, 2012</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-08-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 28, 2014</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg/113px-Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Megan_Smith_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2713" data-file-height="4069" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Smith, Megan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Megan_Smith" title="Megan Smith">Megan Smith</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-whitehouse_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitehouse-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washpost_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-09-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 4, 2014</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2017</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Michael_Kratsios_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="1440" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kratsios, Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kratsios" title="Michael Kratsios">Michael Kratsios</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2017</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting: January 20, 2017 – August 2, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2021</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Trump, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></span></span></span><br />(2017–2021) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td>None<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Principal Deputy CTOs: Alexander Macgillivray, Deirdre Mulligan)</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2021</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 15, 2025</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Biden, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></span></span></span><br />(2021–<i>2025</i>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_United_States&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Information_Officer_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Information Officer of the United States">Chief Information Officer of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services">Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Advisor_to_the_President" title="Science Advisor to the President">Science Advisor to the President</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_United_States&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_SenateConfirmed1"><b><a href="#ref_SenateConfirmed1">^</a></b></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_SenateConfirmed2"><b><a href="#ref_SenateConfirmed2">^</a></b></span> Aneesh Chopra and Michael Kratsios were confirmed by the Senate because the also held roles as OSTP Assistant Director and Director respectively. 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