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The favorite guessing game among public-sector IT watchers the past few months has been who President Barack Obama would ultimately name to two key technology positions: e-government administrator of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and a newly created federal chief technology officer.

Several media outlets reported the past few weeks that Washington, D.C., CTO Vivek Kundra would indeed become the OMB's e-gov chief.

But there could be a bit of a surprise ending. The Washington Post is reporting that on Thursday Obama will name Kundra the "federal chief information officer," and this newly created position will work "under the auspices of the White House."

The Post reported that the federal CIO will oversee IT spending and have the power to launch new systems and kill enifficent projects. Obama reportedly still intends to hire a federal CTO as well.

At first blush, does this mean Kundra's position will have considerably more responsibility than former OMB e-gov administrator Karen Evans did under George W. Bush? And will Kundra be given the autonomy to wield influence across all federal departments?

We'll know more Thursday. Stay tuned.