Infographics

• Infographic: The Next U.S. CIO

  

  On August 4, 2011, President Obama named Steven VanRoekel to be the next United States Chief Information Officer. Prior to his appointment as CIO, VanRoekel, a 15-year Microsoft veteran, served briefly as executive director for the U.S. Agency for International Development and for two years as managing director of the Federal Communications Commission.

• Infographic: #AskObama: @whitehouse Twitter Townhall

  

  President Obama held the first White House Tweet-Up on July 6, 2011, where he took questions from Twitter users on topics ranging from defense, the economy, education, healthcare, taxes and more. The event generated more than 1.2 million posts that were than analyzed by social media monitoring company Radian6.

• Infographic: The Space Shuttle

  

  After 30 years of service, NASA is retiring the space shuttle program. Columbia was the first shuttle to launch on April 12, 1981, and Atlantis began its 12-day assignment to the International Space Station for the program’s final mission on July 8, 2011.

• Infographic: Big Money for Small Businesses

  

  The SBA’s annual scorecard is an assessment tool to measure how well federal agencies reach their small business and socio-economic prime contracting and subcontracting goals, provide accurate and transparent contracting data and report agency-specific progress.

• Infographic: Feds Hire Vets FY 2010

  

  In June 2011, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management released Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch for FY 2010. According to the report, the federal government hired 72,133 veterans in FY 2010, an increase of approximately 2,000 more veterans than FY 2009.

• Infographic: Kundra’s Legacy

  

  March 5, 2009: Vivek Kundra was named U.S. CIO by President Obama. We’ve documented his many accomplishments during his tenure and his legacy in the following infographic.

• INFOGRAPHIC: The White House Social

  

  According to an unscientific survey conducted by the White House, only 5% of respondents said the White House posted too much information on Facebook and only 4% said there is too much information put out on Twitter.