President-elect Barack Obama’s pledge to name the nation’s first chief technology officer has triggered a flood of wishes, hopes and demands from tech enthusiasts who’d like the job to have the same stature and reach as, say, the White House national security adviser. The new officer should be an “Internet evangelist” involved in every practical and policy aspect of government, said Andrew Rasiej, a founder of two Web sites about politics and technology. “Technology is not a slice of the pie. It’s the pan,” he said.
