Tech Watch: Discontent percolates on mayor's tech panel.(multiple industry briefs)(Brief Article)

Crain's Chicago Business, October, 2001 by Johnsson, Julie

When it was first vetted with civic groups last spring, McKinsey & Co.'s blunt, data-packed analysis of Chicago's technology base and its growth potential seemed a breath of fresh air. But that broad strategic plan is getting stale. Months have rolled by and the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors, which commissioned the pro bono study, has yet to unveil its first new initiative to promote tech development.

That seeming inertia has some council members grinding their teeth. And there's talk that a broader shake-up of the advisory group may be in the works as its members, which include a host of tech luminaries, seek better ways to respond to a sector that moves in Internet time. The 2-year-old council has ballooned from a robust size-40 advisers and...

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