Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia

Vivek Kundra is the Chief Technology Officer for Washington, D.C. and formerly the Assistant Secretary for Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He joined Coy Barefoot on the July 28, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now” to talk about the transition from Richmond to D.C., what he does in is position, and how he’s helping transform the way D.C. does business.

Before Florida; A History of Voting Technology

For more than a century, voting machines have helped shape American political history. The chaos of the 2000 presidential election in Florida and the alleged election fraud in Ohio during 2004, which led to testimony before congress about computer programs that could rig an election, demonstrate the crucial role that voting machines play in shaping the outcome of an election. Bryan Pfaffenberger, a historian of science and an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, believes there is value in understanding that the interaction between technology and culture has been going on for more than a century.

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