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href=”http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/14/white-house-tech-forum/&service=bit.ly”> width=”51″ height=”61″ src=”http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/14/white-house-tech-forum/” align=”right”/>

href=”http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/white-house.jpg”> class=”alignright size-full wp-image-184073″ style=”margin: 10px;” title=”white house” src=”http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/white-house.jpg” alt=”" width=”260″ height=”190″ />Today the href=”http://www.whitehouse.gov/” >White House is hosting a forum with more than 50 of the country’s top CEOs — Chris Hughes ( href=”http://mashable.com/social-media/facebook”>Facebook), Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp) all made the VIP list — with the purpose of finding ways to modernize the government using technology. /> id=”more-184069″> /> The forum is set to begin this afternoon, just after 1 p.m. EST, and the dozens of expected participants not only include the names mentioned above, but also Craiglist founder Craig Newmark, Wendy Lea of GetSatisfaction, Shantanu Narayen of Adobe and Sal Iannuzzi of Monster. Individuals were selected based on their proven experience in using technology to improve cost management and customer service.

According to the href=”http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/13/modernizing-government” >White House blog, the forum is less a discussion about cool websites and more an exploration of how to revolutionize the way that the government uses technology. While the current administration has impressively embraced social media and web technologies, it’s clear that its mission is to accomplish much more.

To that purpose, OMB Director Peter Orszag writes:

“Twenty years ago, people who came to work in the federal government had better technology at work than at home. Today, that’s no longer the case. The American people deserve better service from their government, and better return for their tax dollars. This forum is part of our efforts to modernize government and bring us into the 21st century.”

The full list of expected attendees, according to href=”http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/01/white_house_hosts_corporate_ex.html” >The Washington Post, can be seen below:

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Technology /> John McGlade, Air Products & Chemicals /> Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Consumer Goods /> Angie Hicks, Angie’s List /> Cheryl Milone, Article One Partners /> Andrea Jung, Avon /> Debra Lee, BET Holdings /> Gregory Page, Cargill /> David Dougherty, Convergys /> Craig Newmark, Craigslist /> Samuel Allen, Deere & Co. /> John Riccitiello, Electronic Arts /> Chris Hughes, Facebook /> Michael Thompson, Fair Oaks Farms /> Ping Fu, Geomagic /> Wendy Lea, GetSatisfaction /> Andrew Mason, Groupon/The Point /> Daniel Weirich, GW Micro /> Al Fuller, Integrated Packaging /> Millard Drexler, J. Crew /> Carl Camden, Kelly Service Staffing /> John Lee, Lee Technologies /> James Crowe, Level 3 Communications /> Bill McComb, Liz Claiborne /> Jeff Joerres, Manpower /> Steve Ballmer, Microsoft /> Sal Iannuzzi, Monster /> Panday Punita, netCustomer /> Jeffrey Jordan, OpenTable /> Charles Harrington, Parsons /> Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo /> Peter Darbee, PG&E /> Robert Glaser, RealNetworks /> Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone /> Sam GIlliland, Sabre Holdings /> Gary Kelly,Southwest Airlines /> Daniel Hesse, Sprint Nextel /> Ronald Sargent, Staples /> John Chen, Sybase /> James Kennedy, T. Rowe Price /> Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner /> Dan Bane, Trader Joe’s /> Glenn Tilton, United Airlines /> Scott David, UPS /> Joe Robles, USAA Insurance /> David Segura, VisionIT /> Daniel Fulton, Weyerhaeuser /> Jeff Fettig, Whirpool /> Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp /> Harold MIlls, Zero Chaos

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