What is the federal chief technology officer up to out in Silicon Valley? From afar, however, it’s looks like federal CTO Aneesh Chopra is stirring up awareness about open government and entrepreneurship in the venture capital community in California. He’s also traveling with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) CTO Todd Park to add his compatriot’s considerable enthusiasm for innovation in healthcare information technology (HIT). Chopra’s slides follow:

Following is a quick rundown of the websites and initiatives Chopra referenced in the presentation:

• The White House Open Government Initiative
• Healthcare.gov
• A Presidential commitment to double available spectrum
• NASA Nebula and Eucalyptus
• Tech focused on healthier kids: Appsforhealthykids.com, healthgameschallenge.org and MyFood-a-Pedia
• Open government at the VA and www.mymedicare.gov
• The Healthcare 2.0 Developer Challenge
• The vai2 Challenge and Challenge.gov
• Standards to support the “secure and meaningful exchange of health information, at NHINDirect.org
• Private-partnership between the GovPulse.us entrepreneurs and the government in building the new FederalRegister.gov

For a classic dispatch written by a great tech journalist, Wade Roush, make sure to read his interview with Aneesh Chopra on entrepreneurship, health IT, open government and “data as a policy lever.”

During the event, I picked up some tweets coming out of a “D.C.-to-Silicon Valley” event and curated them using the Storify tool. It proved to be a bit unstable – apps in beta are fun! – but you’ll find a “living version” of the story embedded in the post below.

http://storify.com/digiphile/dc-to-vc-healthcare-it-summit-pitches-gov-20-and-o.js