The blogosphere is buzzing over last week’s report that Google head of global public policy Andrew McLaughlin will join the Obama administration as deputy chief technology officer under Aneesh Chopra. McLaughlin will be the third Googler to leave the company for the administration, following in the footsteps of Katie Jacobs Stanton, White House director of citizen participation; and Sonal Shah, head of the Office of Social Innovation. Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt also advised Obama’s transition team and currently serves on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
There’s a growing concern that the number of defectors may tilt the Obama administration towards favoring the Internet search giant when formulating policy. It’s an issue we’ve been watching closely as well. Google has definitely increased its presence in DC in recent years and the company has shown increasing interest in the government space, both in terms of doing business with agencies as well as increasing engagement between the public and the government.
Source: NextGov
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