Very excited to see this launch!! Please let me know if you are looking for further team to support the effort. I would love to be involved and believe my experience could be valuable.
Jen, an exciting and inspiring initiative. Congrats. Not in your new mandate, but i think we also need to rethink and redefine how political leaders manage technology and discuss it with voters. Since technology is at the core of how government provides service - and protects our privacy - it needs to a far more important political issue and one that gets far more attention during campaigns. Of course that's tricky since politics can play havoc with sound tech policy. But we need to find a constructive way for politics and technology to converge. For example, candidates calling out the need for SLAs for tech-driven services and/or a "moon shot" to complete key government tech initiatives, such as FAA upgrades. The majority of voters today have grown up with technology and are fully realized digital citizens. They should have a voice - through our political leaders - in how smart folks like yourself and your teams imagine and build our digital future.
Jennifer, is the Recoding America Fund coordinating with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who, as reported in the Financial Times and The Daily Upside, met with 15 of the top private equity buyout shops last week to pitch the likes of Apollo and Carlyle on funding a $150 billion infrastructure refresh? Their focus on adequate funding for military infrastructure build out and compressing the contracting process sound a lot like the objectives of your fund, although with a much narrower focus.
This is great to see. I’m especially pleased to see that it includes both Republicans and Democrats. Sometimes it feels like bipartisan anything is a relic of the past, but it seems like the right way to go for this sort of government reform that we hope persists through many administrations. All sides should be able to agree on efficiency and effectiveness.
Civic tech is finally happening at a transformational level in Minnesota state government. First, IT leadership has embraced the concept (though there’s been fits & starts with various implementation efforts). Then, some key hires around the state over the past 10 years have started to prove out the concepts. The bureaucracy battle is ever present. But, the greatest show of true modernization is the current build of the Minnesota Paid Leave application. With the leadership of DEED & the Paid Leave Director & our vendor partner Nava PBC, the team is rolling out an impressive, complex build in record time. But, it’s a new build. How to drag the legacy into the future? I think the focus should be in bringing the data & build from scratch.
Very excited to see this launch!! Please let me know if you are looking for further team to support the effort. I would love to be involved and believe my experience could be valuable.
Jen, an exciting and inspiring initiative. Congrats. Not in your new mandate, but i think we also need to rethink and redefine how political leaders manage technology and discuss it with voters. Since technology is at the core of how government provides service - and protects our privacy - it needs to a far more important political issue and one that gets far more attention during campaigns. Of course that's tricky since politics can play havoc with sound tech policy. But we need to find a constructive way for politics and technology to converge. For example, candidates calling out the need for SLAs for tech-driven services and/or a "moon shot" to complete key government tech initiatives, such as FAA upgrades. The majority of voters today have grown up with technology and are fully realized digital citizens. They should have a voice - through our political leaders - in how smart folks like yourself and your teams imagine and build our digital future.
Inspiring and needes. I appreciate the focus on state capacity with a non-partisan approach. Look forward to seeing what you do!
Jennifer, is the Recoding America Fund coordinating with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who, as reported in the Financial Times and The Daily Upside, met with 15 of the top private equity buyout shops last week to pitch the likes of Apollo and Carlyle on funding a $150 billion infrastructure refresh? Their focus on adequate funding for military infrastructure build out and compressing the contracting process sound a lot like the objectives of your fund, although with a much narrower focus.
It’s so gratifying to see this serious, well-considered, bipartisan effort to *actually effect change.* Looking forward to following your work!
Much needed! I hope there will be a formal structure for 1) ideas and feedback from current and retired employees and 2) users of government services.
Maybe some test areas.. I'd suggest federal land management.
This is extremely exciting. Congratulations!
Spot on! Thank goodness for forward thinking, creative, hard-working and brave people!
This is great to see. I’m especially pleased to see that it includes both Republicans and Democrats. Sometimes it feels like bipartisan anything is a relic of the past, but it seems like the right way to go for this sort of government reform that we hope persists through many administrations. All sides should be able to agree on efficiency and effectiveness.
Terrific! I would love to contribute my experience to this effort!
Civic tech is finally happening at a transformational level in Minnesota state government. First, IT leadership has embraced the concept (though there’s been fits & starts with various implementation efforts). Then, some key hires around the state over the past 10 years have started to prove out the concepts. The bureaucracy battle is ever present. But, the greatest show of true modernization is the current build of the Minnesota Paid Leave application. With the leadership of DEED & the Paid Leave Director & our vendor partner Nava PBC, the team is rolling out an impressive, complex build in record time. But, it’s a new build. How to drag the legacy into the future? I think the focus should be in bringing the data & build from scratch.