From Nextgov.com: Advice for Obama's chief technology officer

During the presidential campaign, President-elect Barack Obama said he would appoint a federal chief technology officer "to ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century," according to a management reform plan he released in September. Just what skills does this CTO need to do this, which includes leading the historically change-averse bureaucracy to embrace new ways of doing business? To answer these and other questions, Nextgov sat down with Norm Lorentz, the first -- and only -- federal chief technology officer.

Read edited excerpts from the interview on Nextgov.com.