[kictanet] The Final Days of Obama’s Tech Surge

[Ali Hussein]

Listers

Good morning. This is an interesting read of how a President can inspire a whole nation and particularly Government to re-invent itself when it comes to using IT for Service Delivery.

From Obamacare to the Pentagon; from Immigration Services to The Internal Revenue Authority the team now popularly known as the United States Digital Services (USDS) parachuted into various government departments and sorted out major problems using simple tools like Agile Project Management and Cloud Computing. Saving millions of dollars and availing critical G2C services to Americans.

The team comprised Googlers, Amazonians, Microsofties and other tech giants who sometimes simply took a leave of absence to Serve. 

Here's an example to emulate.

Read on:-

https://backchannel.com/the-final-days-of-obamas-tech-surge-864b9bf60d34#.x08g8an7w

Have a lovely week ahead.

Ali Hussein
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