Have been in the Federal Governments IT division for over 10 years now, and find it VERY difficult to communicate with people who dont have the foggiest idea what I am talking about when I am relating to IT matters. I think it is VITALLY important that the newly appointed CTO have a broad range of knowledge, skills and abilities as they relate to IT and some of the issues that it may entail; therefore, I am of the belief that it will take someone with more knowledge of IT than just being able to power on a PC.