I'm sure there will be many posters wanting to share the news. Though there was a temptation to post this story here, Matt's no longer with Google... he's with the USDS... so I've posted Matt's blog announcement in Foo, linked to that thread, and I've locked this one....

Matt Cutts officially leaves Google, stays with US Digital Service
https://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/4832652.htm [webmasterworld.com]