In their response (January 14, 2012), Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff stress that the important task of protecting intellectual property online must not threaten an open and innovative internet.
For comments on the response, see The White House & SOPA: Reading Between the Lines (by Alex Fitzpatrick, January 16 2012)