Brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Aneesh chopra, in your book, innovative state, the first three words are government doesnt work. Why do you say that . Guest i think it captures the spirit if you ask the American People in general, are you satisfied, the numbers are at an alltime low, and the perception is it isnt working. And even early days in the Obama Administration we saw some of the more challenging launches of services that really we shouldnt expect today in successful, modern, techdriven economy. And closing this gap was a big part of the motivation both for my term of duty in Public Service as well as why i wanted to write the book. Host the subtitle is how new technologies can transform government. Guest yes. Host how does the u. S. Government use technology, and does it do it successfully . Guest well, were moving in the right direction, to be sure. I try to spend a lot of my time thinking about American History in the book. You g
Of the motivation both for my term of duty in Public Service as well as why i wanted to write the book. Your subtitle is how new technologies can transform government. How does the u. S. Government use technology and does it do it successfully . We are moving in the right direction. I try to spend a lot of my time thinking about American History in the book. If we go back to our Founding Fathers we have a long tradition of having government not just keep pace, but often lead the private sector in the use of technology to solve problems. I noted that one of the founding technologies of ibm had its origins in a Census Bureau employee who faced insurmountable odds to calculate the number of people that were in this country in the late 1800s. Governments had long history of being innovative and having the capability to solve and deliver Better Services. It has been the last several decades we have seen the big divergence between the capacity of the private sector and the capacity of the pu
So we might get some drizzle this morning. Right now temperatures mild. 59 in San Francisco. Low 60s almost everywhere else. Mild in antioch, currently 70 degrees. We have the low clouds to start off with right now. We show you the view from the exploratorium camera. Temperatures will be just a little bit cooler. Inland areas only warming up to the mid80s today instead of the upper 80s. Along the coast and in San Francisco look for mid60s and around the bay temperatures will be in the upper 60s to upper 70 he is. There are some changes coming up with the accuweather sevenday forecast. A warmup and ill show that you shortly, matt. Thank you. Now to the latest on the downing of malaysian flight 17. A separatist leader in Eastern Ukraine say the black boxes have been found and will be given to International Agency authorities. As a spokeswoman for the Emergency Services said separatist rebels have removed bodies from the crash site. We have the latest. Outside the airport where flight 17
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