Former Federal CIO on the Tech Challenges the faces of the Biden administration News Highlights: Former Federal CIO on the Tech Challenges the faces of the Biden administration The tasks for Joe Biden are enormous, from the COVID-19 crisis to the political split in the US. In the field of IT, Biden is kicking off a term facing a massive hack of government systems and vendors that analysts from Russia and federal workforce say are maximizing telework as a result of the pandemic. Vivek Kundra was the first US Chief Information Officer under President Barack Obama from March 2009 to August 2011 and is now the Chief Operating Officer at Sprinklr, a business software company. He joined GovExec Daily’s podcast to discuss Biden’s potential technology priorities as president, including expanding broadband access, finding potential savings from cloud computing, and designing digital services to make things easier for citizens .