Since it picked up the cryptocurrency. And as big tech races to control your living room, we will hear from the brain behind amazons alexa. First, to our lead. After Senate Republicans passed their version of tax reform in the u. S. , we spent the week exploring the ways the proposed legislation could affect the tech industry. Take a listen. It was a round of applause on capitol hill for gop senators as they passed their version of a tax bill. Pushing the Trump Administration closer to its first piece of signature legislation. Donald trump if they sent it to my desk, i promise all of the people in this room, my friends, so many friends in this room it is a great state i promise you i will sign it. I promise. I will not veto that bill. Reporter Tech Companies have spent big to make sure their interests are heard. Big tech stands to benefit from the legislation in a few ways. The latest bill would slash the corporate rate from 35 to 20 . Although according to goldman sachs, the tech sect
Cryptocurrency. And as big tech races to control your living room, we will hear from the brain behind amazons alexa. First, to our lead. After Senate Republicans passed their version of tax reform in the u. S. , we spent the week exploring the ways the proposed legislation could affect the tech industry. Take a listen. It was a round of applause on capitol hill for gop senators as they passed their version of a tax bill. Pushing the Trump Administration closer to its first piece of signature legislation. Donald trump if they sent it to my desk, i promise all of the people in this room, my friends, so many friends in this room it is a great state i promise you i will sign it. I promise. I will not veto that bill. Reporter Tech Companies have spent big to make sure their interests are heard. Big tech stands to benefit from the legislation in a few ways. The latest bill would slash the corporate rate from 35 to 20 . Although according to goldman sachs, the tech sector already benefits fro
Flourishing Jewish Community. We play the role of a planner, funder, central address for the community that can ensure we flourish. Federations have a history throughout the country that exist in different mostly urban jewish communities around the country. Can you talk a little bit about what the history of federations across the country is . Absolutely. There are more than 150 around the country. They were formed with the idea of bringing the community together, of ensuring there was a fund raising arm for the community, a planning arm for the community. The federations in many situations built jewish communities around the country with their partners. Our Federation Region serves San Francisco city and counsel city, marin and sonoma. In our particular federation, what does the federation do . We have a large region as you gather geographically relative to many urban federations. In this region first of all what we do is we convene our partners and we together collaborate and plan on
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
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 i wanted to write the book. Host the subtitle is how new technologies can transform government. How does the u. S. Government use technology and does it do it successfully. Guest were moving in the right direction, i think about American History in the book. Go back to our founding fathers. We have had a long tradition of having government keep pace and often lead the private sector in the use of technology to solve problems. I noted, for example, one of the Founding Technology oz ibm had its origins in a Census Bureau employee who face seemingly irsurmountmentables to calculate the number of people in the country. So governments have long history of being innovative and the capability to deliver Better Services, and the last several decades we have sign a divergence in the capacity in the private se