President Trump's Tech Office Wants More Short-Term Talent

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While key White House technology leadership positions remain unfilled, President Donald Trump’s technology office is looking for ways to bring business professionals into government for short-term projects. The Office of American Innovation, a new office Trump established to update federal technology, could model some of its recruitment efforts after digitally focused teams founded under Barack Obama. The US Digital Service, which troubleshoots major government projects, and 18F, a digital consultancy, both hire heavily from private sector tech companies including Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Google. Chris Liddell, one of the members of the Office of American Innovation, would “love to see us move further and faster, [with] more creative ways of getting people in for particular tours of duty,” he said. Those periods could be as short as 10 days or up to two years, he explained.


President Trump's Tech Office Wants More Short-Term Talent