DJ Patil has joined the White House to wrangle data issues — Tech News and Analysis (GigaOM)

tbd if he's formally part of the U.S. Digital Service

"DJ Patil, who has held of a number of jobs as a data scientist, most notably at LinkedIn, has joined the White House as a data scientist-in-residence with a focus on helping handle health care data, according to John Podesta, Counselor to the President, on a conference call held Thursday. Podesta said Patil had joined the White House this week during a call related to a White house briefing on how the government should handle data and consumer privacy."

DJ Patil has joined the White House to wrangle data issues — Tech News and Analysis