How Many CIOs Does It Take . . .

You would think with three chief information officers in a room, there would not be technology problems for a presentation. Yet, at a morning panel, "Green IT Strategies" at the Greengov symposium at George Washington University, the question was how many does it take to get their PowerPoint slides displayed. The answer? Greater than three.

You would think with three chief information officers in a room, there would not be technology problems for a presentation.

Yet, at a morning panel titled "Green IT Strategies" at the Greengov symposium at George Washington University, the question was how many does it take to get their PowerPoint slides displayed. The answer? More than three.

With a moderator missing and tech support not around, the presenters, all CIOs -- Susan Swart at the State Department, Chris Smith at the Agriculture Department and David Steinour at George Washington University -- started late without slides because the projector wouldn't work.

One CIO joked, how many CIOs does it take to start the presentation?

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