Cisco Exec Rumored for Obama CTO Post

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Warrior has confirmed (via Twitter) that she is attending Tuesday's inauguration, but declined specific comment on the administration job. Here's her e-mail statement for BusinessWeek: "Cisco is committed to working closely with the Obama Administration on their plans to deploy digital infrastructure to grow our economy and create jobs. Smart networking technologies and IT play a critical role in transforming government, energy, education, and health care. President-elect Obama and his team fully understand the importance of digital infrastructure to further our technology leadership as a nation."

President-elect Obama has outlined an ambitious agenda for national broadband access, and the initial economic stimulus proposal contains about $6 billion in grantsto bring high-speed Internet access to underserved areas. The bill includes references to conditions for "open access," according to DSLReports. Members of the Obama team say that is the first step in a larger investment in broadband infrastructure, with more details to come later in 2009.