Technology Upgrades Get White House Out of the 20th Century

One of President Barack Obama’s legacies will be the office information technology upgrade that his staff has finally begun.

Part of the problem? Responsibility for White House technology has long been divvied up between four agencies, each with their own chief information officer: the National Security Council, the Executive Office of the President, the Secret Service and the White House Communications Agency. That led to a series of Band-Aid solutions over the years, as one agency or another has attempted piecemeal upgrades to White House gear.