Friday, January 2, 2009
More Indian Americans on Obama transition Policy Working Groups
President elect Barack Obama has several Indian Americans in the various Policy Working Groups (PWGs) in his transition project. These people have the mandate to develop priority policy proposals from the Obama Campaign into action plans before the new administration steps into office January 20, 2009, according to information on the transition government website change.gov. The positions are not permanent.
The groups are focusing on the Economy, Education, Energy & Environment, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, and Technology, Innovation & Government Reform. Members of these groups are not expected to resign from their current offices as these are transition project positions.
Sonal Shah, who was in the Global Development team at Google.org, was put early on by Obama on his Advisory Board and is the only co-chair in the list of appointees.Following is a list of Indian Americans in these Policy Working Groups:
Sonal Shah, co-chair, Aneesh Chopra, Vivek Kundra, and Kartik Raghavan, Group members, Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
The groups are focusing on the Economy, Education, Energy & Environment, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, and Technology, Innovation & Government Reform. Members of these groups are not expected to resign from their current offices as these are transition project positions.
Sonal Shah, who was in the Global Development team at Google.org, was put early on by Obama on his Advisory Board and is the only co-chair in the list of appointees.Following is a list of Indian Americans in these Policy Working Groups:
Sonal Shah, co-chair, Aneesh Chopra, Vivek Kundra, and Kartik Raghavan, Group members, Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Aneesh Chopra, Indian Americans, Obama Campaign, Obamas transition project, Policy Working Groups, President elect Barack Obama, Sonal Shah, Vivek Kundra
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