The school has recruited David H. Gelernter, a professor of computer science at Yale, as its chief technology adviser.

But the centerpieces of the site are the forms and publications to download and use, said Jerry Conway, the senior technology adviser for the Digital Daily.

In July 2005, he was selected by the Mayor of Dalian as a special science and technology adviser to that city.

What is needed is a high-level technology adviser to provide the President with integrative policy analysis.

He was hired by Apple Computer in 1982, where he served as the technology adviser to the firm's chief executive, John Sculley.

And Britt Blaser, a technology adviser to the Dean campaign, said he was unaware of Mr. Kenney's games.

Three of Davis's aides were fired or resigned after it was revealed that the governor's technology adviser accepted a $25,000 campaign contribution shortly after the contract was signed.

"We've been working on this 10 years, and I want to see it happen," said Alex Pentland, head of the lab's academic program and a technology adviser to the company.

The design was actually proposed by a technology adviser at MIT, who aimed for the production of a believable vision of futuristic technology.

But Daniel Weitzner, an MIT computer scientist and technology adviser to the Obama campaign, insisted that this was "not enough."