In 2009, President Obama hired the first Chief Information Officer of the United States, Vivek Kunda. Hiring Kunda was not the only change the Obama administration made regarding technology. Here is a list of five things that changed about the U.S. government’s technology during Obama’s presidency:

1.New Tech Titles

The Obama administration hired tech professionals to implement the government’s tech initiatives. Obama hired a former eBayer and Microsoft cybersecurity expert, Howard Schmidt, to be the first CTO. Mikey Dickerson, a former Googler, became the administrator of the U.S. Digital Service. The president also hired a chief data scientist and a chief digital officer.

2.Migrating to the Cloud

In 2011, Vivek Kunda released a 25-point plan. Part of the plan was to reduce cost and move to the cloud. Kunda cut the number of federal data centers from 2,100 to 1,300. In 2013, the new CIO Steven VanRoekel pushed the plan forward saving the government an estimated $2.5 billion.

3.Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

The United States government experienced their fair share of cybersecurity issues. Unfortunately, some of the best cybersecurity professionals did not work for the government. This dilemma forced Congress to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA). The CISA allows the government to share classified information with external sources. This law helped government agencies hire experts outside of their organization to manage cyber security issues.

4.Creation of the U.S Digital Service and 18F

HealthCare.gov crashed when it first launched. The website malfunction made the government look for help outside of federal agencies. A year later Obama established U.S. Digital Service and 18F to ensure that something like that would not happen again. Both groups are “digital consultancies” and serve government organizations.

5.Open Data

In 2009, the Obama administration launched the site Data.gov. The site is the first platform to provide federal data to the general public. The site published over 180,000 data sets from federal agencies.

Obama signed The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) in 2014. The DATA Act mandates that officials publish finances online in a standardized, machine-readable format. In May 2017, Data.gov will publish the first set of financial data.