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Doerr pushes Bill Joy on Obama [America's CTO]
Gawker: valleywag — ... was focused more on counter-terrorism intelligence and IT supremacy. Doerr thinks that's misguided: “The most important thing he's got to do is kick-start a huge amount of research and innovation in energy." Energy tech is Doerr's current focus at Kliener, of course. But it's unclear to me whether Joy is now a leader or a dilettante on the topic. Doerr also suggested the U.S. "staple a green card to the diploma" to keep foreign-born engineering students from going back home after graduation. Throw in a fixed-rate mortgage for gossip bloggers, and I'll endorse the whole package. ...

Naming Names in the National CTO Search
Know It All — ... seriously. Venture cap honcho John Doerr suggests former Sun bigwig Bill Joy. Responding to a question from Obama (forwarded by a reporter), Doerr said, "The most important thing he's got to do is kick-start a huge amount of research and innovation in energy." Also: double the number of engineering graduates, and restore DARPA to its former glory. More suggestions ...

And for Undersecretary of Location-based Social Networking, we recommend …
GMSV — ... Global Development team and formerly an environmental strategist with Goldman Sachs, and Julius Genachowski, a former InterActiveCorp exec who also served as chief counsel to former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt and was a co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital. And the appointment suggestion box is starting to fill up quickly, especially regarding the Cabinet-level position of chief technology officer. Billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr told the Web 2.0 Summit his recommendation would be one of his current partners , Sun co-founder ...

Who Should Obama Hire To Be America’s CTO?
SmoothSpan Blog — ... about who Barrack Obama should get to be America’s CTO.  It comes in the wake of John Doerr saying he thought Bill Joy should get the job.  This was in response to a question supposedly sent indirectly to Doerr via New York Magazine writer John Heilemann. ...

Who would make a good U.S. Chief Technology Officer?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... of the global money and credit markets and created the credit crisis that is still unfolding. Without questioning Paulson's judgment or motives in the Lehman debacle, I think choosing a U.S. CTO who has roots in Google, Amazon, Microsoft or any of the other major technology companies would have to face similar accusations of impropriety, especially during an unexpected period of energy or economic crisis. So who would make a good U.S. Chief Technology Officer? The New York Times reported earlier this week that billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr told Barack Obama that ...