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White House Wants To Borrow Tech Workers From Google and Amazon, Says Report (cnet.com)
"According to CNET, TechCrunch and others, the Trump administration reportedly wants tech giants to make it easy for workers to take leaves of absence to help the government modernize," writes Slashdot reader kimanaw. From a report: White House officials on Monday planned to meet with tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM, to discuss ways to make it easier for employees to take leaves of absence to help with government projects, according to The Washington Post. The administration reportedly hopes tech industry workers will be able to help modernize state and federal agencies and tackle challenges such as upgrading the veterans' health care system. Attracting tech talent may prove difficult for the Trump administration, which hasn't always seen eye to eye with Silicon Valley on issues such as the president's ban on travel from predominantly Muslim countries. However, White House officials believe tech workers are willing to "put politics aside." "This event on Monday is not just about our efforts, it's about our successor, and their successor after that," said one unnamed official, according to the Post. The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.
Funny, I remember in school learning how evil it was to black list actors based on their political views. So now IT and Hollywood brag about black listing based on political views.
Interesting.
Silly, it's OK when we do it!
thankfully
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However, White House officials believe tech workers are willing to "put politics aside."
Nope. No way in hell I'd do anything to support that evil bastard or anything in his agenda, whether it's good or bad.
- Vincit qui patitur.
The myth that the private sector is made up of wonderfully efficient and capable people is easily disproved. Look at your private sector coworkers, and consider the private sector coworkers you've had in the past. Most likely they were not all paragons of efficiency and virtue.
...compared to most government/civil-service workers? In that light, hell yes they're paragons of efficiency and virtue. :/
I do agree that you can't simply toss money at a group of people and expect them to crap out a perfect vision or solution. Takes a lot of guidance and clear communication along the way. It also takes the removal of the shit-ton of regulatory barriers that most governmental institutions are weighed down with (for even the most trivial of things...)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?