USA – Kushner meets with USDS personnel, stresses entity’s importance

After meeting with local talent at the Puerto Rico Tech Summit, USDS extends employment offer to Froilan Irizarry and David Acevedo, both former collaborators and members of the defunct Puerto Rico CIO team.

For any government in the 21st century, the policy will not work if the technology doesn’t work. The recent enactment of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) creates an unparalleled opportunity to build new digital institutions that will transform Puerto Rico’s government operations. The way to do so is through the…

US Digital Service visits Puerto Rico for TechSummit 2016, meets with representatives to candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico, including the now current CIO of Puerto Rico, Luis Arocho. Presentation on leading the transformation for effective agile contracting in Government. Agile Technology Contracting in Federal Government by Traci Walker from Puerto Rico Tech Summit

Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve services for veterans, immigrants, the disabled and others, creating a more awesome government along the way. “We…

As part of the Executive Office of the President, the newly formed USDS provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify delivery of government services through “native digital” transformation.

US CTO Todd Park said the new program “will bring top innovators from outside government for focused “tours of duty” with our best federal innovators on game-changing projects. Combining the know-how of citizen change agents and government change agents in small, agile teams that move at high speed, these projects aim to deliver significant results within…