Several reports in the past have highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to modernize the government and now that work is moving forward. As detailed in a new report from Recode, Jared Kushner announced the new efforts to Trump and a group of major tech companies today, including Apple…
According to Kushner, the White House will be forming “small centers of excellence,” which are teams focused on reducing regulation and embracing cloud computing. The teams will also work to make more of their data available for private-sector use.
As part of Kushner’s efforts, Reed Cordish, one of Trump’s top tech aides, says the White House will continue to increase computer science education. This is an area that Tim Cook has worked personally towards, preaching often that learning to code should be a requirement in public education.
Trump held a roundtable earlier this year with notable tech leaders such as Tim Cook to discuss ways to modernize the government. Kushner is heading up these efforts as part of is Office of American Innovation and Cook has personally met with Kushner before.
Recode’s report makes it clear that Kushner’s efforts are in the earlier stages and there’s no timetable for a lot of the goals, but today’s call with tech leaders is the first step towards improvements.
