GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU! IT'S A COOL DAY, BUT WE WANT
TO KEEP THAT WARMTH GOING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
INNOVATION DAY. INNOVATION WITH IMPACT. SHOW OF HANDS FIRST, HOW MANY
FOLKS HAVE BEEN TO INNOVATION DAY BEFORE? OK ABOUT A
THIRD OF YOU. OK WELCOME BACK. I WANT TO WLECOME EVERYONE
FROM ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC, AND
OUR FRIENDS FROM SISTER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OF COURSE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
ONLINE VIA LIVE STREAM. WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING RESPONSE
FROM FOLKS, WE HAD 400 PEOPLE REGISTER FOR THE ROOM AND A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN JOINING US ONLINE TO BE PART OF
THIS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU
THAT USE TWITTER TO USE THE HASHTAG HHS INNOVATION DAY.
AS WAY OF INTRODUCTION, I'M SANJAY KOYANI, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR INNOVATION IN THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICE.
TODAY IS A CELEBRATION. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF HOW WE USE
VALUE BASED INNOVATION TO DELIVER BETTER SERVICES TO THE
PUBLIC WE SERVE. THE STORIES YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
TODAY, WE'LL BUILD A FOUNDATION, AND WE SINCERELY WANT YOU TO
JOIN US IN BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION AS WE GO INTO THE NEW
YEAR. IN TODAY'S TALKS, YOU'LL HEAR
HOW INNOVATION IS EXEMPLIFIED IN OUR WORK AT HHS.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM INNOVATION EXPERTS OUTSIDE OF HHS WHO ARE
CHALLENGING US TO CONSIDER HOW WE DELIVER INNOVATION WITH
MEANINGFUL IMPACT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION LEADERSHIP OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, SETTING A VISION AND A POLICY THAT WILL GUIDE US.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE OFFICE OF
THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T AWARE.
THE CTO IS CHARGED WITH HARNESSING THE POWER OF DATA,
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A MORE MODERN AND
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE
NATION. OUR APPROACH TO THE CHALLENGE OF
CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION IS TO HELP HHS EMPLOYEES AND
LEADERS SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON A PROBLEM AND THEN INVITE PEOPLE
FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO HELP
CONTRIBUTE THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP SOLVE IT.
HHS EMPLOYEES ALSO USE OUR PROGRAMS TO TEST AND HELP THEIR
IDEAS IN A FAST PACED ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE'LL HAVE ROUGHLY 13 TEAMS THAT WILL COME UP HERE AND PRESENT TO
YOU WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO LET'S GET STARTED. I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF
INTRODUCING OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MY BOSS, BRUCE
GREENSTEIN. IN CTO, BRUCE PROVIDES
LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT HHS EFFECTIVELY USES
DATA, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. PRIOR TO CTO, BRUCE HAS HELD A
NUMBER OF ROLES IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR.
HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF A STARTUP, QUARTET HEALTH,
SECRETARY OF LOUISIANA'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THE MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH AT MICROSOFT.
BRUCE HAS BEEN HERE ROUGHLY EIGHT MONTHS, AND WHEN HE GOT
STARTED, HIS FIRST WORDS TO US WERE, "WHERE CAN WE GO FASTER ON
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING?" HOW CAN WE DO MORE WITH WHAT
WE'VE GOT? AND HOW CAN WE HAVE A GREATER
IMPACT WITH INNOVATION? SO IT'S BEEN A LONG EIGHT MONTHS
SINCE HE STARTED. BUT FOLKS, WITH THAT, LET ME
INTRODUCE MR. BRUCE GREENSTEIN. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE! ALL RIGHT.
TWO THINGS. ONE IS, I HAVE TO CORRECT THE
HASHTAG FOR TODAY. IT'S HASHTAG HHSINNOVATION, JUST
ONE WORD. SO I GOT SOME SLIDES, I'VE GOT
20 MINUTES, I WANT TO TELL A LITTLE STORY ABOUT INNOVATION
AND I WANT TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND THE
CULTURAL CHANGE WE'RE TRYING TO EXTRACT, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO
SIZE UP THE AUDIENCE. I'M GOING TO COME AROUND AND ASK
SOME BASIC QUESTIONS. NOT ANYTHING TOO HARD.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?
PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN IF YOU'RE -- NO, I DIDN'T FINISH YET -- IF
YOU'RE NOT FROM HHS. SO A COUPLE NOT HHS?
GOOD. SO TELL ME -- ALL RIGHT, HANDS
DOWN NOW. SANJAY ASKED, BUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO ONE OF THESE BEFORE?
OKAY. SO, CONVERSE, WHO'S NOT BEEN
HERE BEFORE? GOOD.
SO WE HAVE TO LEAVE A FIRST IMPRESSION TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE WENT ONLINE AND OPENED THE
EVENT UP. WE HAD OVER 400 PEOPLE SIGN UP
VERY QUICKLY AND I HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN TO CREATE A WAITING
LIST. I WAS AFRAID WE WERE GOING TO,
LIKE, CAUSE FIRE MARSHAL TO COME IN AND ALL THIS, AND WE HAD AN
EVENT LAST WEEK THAT WE PACKED THE PLACE AND IT WAS OVERNIGHT,
PEOPLE WERE SLEEPING IN THE HALLWAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT
ON THE BEST TERMS WITH THE SECURITY PEOPLE BUT IT'S OKAY,
WE BROUGHT IN PIZZA AT NIGHT AND THEN IT WAS GOOD.
BUT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY HOPING TO GET
OUT OF TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AGENDAS
THAT I'VE SEEN. I ALWAYS USE THE LITMUS TEST FOR
MYSELF WHEN WE PUT AN EVENT TOGETHER, WOULD I STAY THE WHOLE
DAY, WOULD I BE REALLY EXCITED TO GO?
MAYBE EXCEPT FOR ME SPEAKING AND TAKING UP TIME, EVERYONE ELSE ON
THE AGENDA IS AWESOME. SO I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND,
CAN YOU TELL ME ONE THING YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF TODAY?
>> I'M ONE OF THE INNOVATORS. WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO LISTEN
TO OUR TALK LATER AND RESPOND TO OUR ASK.
>> SO THIS IS GREAT. REALLY TODAY IS A CELEBRATION OF
PEOPLE INSIDE OF HHS THAT ARE DOING INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE
THINGS AND THEN WE GET TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HOUSE
THE PROGRAM, BUT REALLY, IT'S ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE.
LET ME GO IN THE BACK AND ASK TWO MORE PEOPLE WHAT WE WANT TO
GET OUT OF TODAY. HOW ABOUT YOU?
>> UM, IN MY OPTIVE, I DON'T THINK WE ARE VERY INNOVATIVE, SO
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SO I CAN BRING
IT BACK TO OUR OPTIVE. >> COOL.
WE'RE THE PERFECT ORGANIZATION TO PARTNER WITH.
WHO'S NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT HERE?
ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE CLOSEST.
TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT.
>> HI. I WORK AT EPA AND HAVE A PUBLIC
HEALTH CAMPAIGN WITH UV INDEX SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M INTERESTED
IN COLLABORATION WITH YOU GUYS. >> COOL.
ACTUALLY I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
GOOD JOB. WHO'S NOT AT ALL DOT-GOV?
ALL RIGHT. HERE.
I CAN ONLY GO AS FAR AS MY ARMS REACH.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I DO SOME GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
AND I WORK IN MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SO I'M INTERESTED IN
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING IN INNOVATION.
>> COOL. WELL, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE BLOWN
AWAY BY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GET STARTED.
DO I HAVE A CLICKER OR CAN I JUST GO CLICK?
OKAY. I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT.
SO LET ME JUST TELL A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY HERE ABOUT HHS.
SO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HHS FROM THIS HIGH LEVEL, AND THIS IS
EVEN PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, I DIDN'T LIST IT IN THE BIO, BUT I
WAS HERE ABOUT MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO TO 15 YEARS AGO AT CMS,
RUNNING SOME THINGS BOTH HERE AND IN BALTIMORE, AND I ALWAYS
HAD THIS IMPRESSION THAT HHS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST -- I THINK
THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT AGENCY ON THE PLANET BY WAY OF SPENDING,
$1.154 TRILLION A YEAR, A LOT OF MONEY NO MATTER HOW YOU STACK IT
UP, BUT THIS IS REALLY A CONFEDERATION.
CONFEDERATION OF SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGEST AGENCIES IN THE
WORLD LIKE FDA AND CDC AND CMS AND NIH, AND MANY OTHERS, AND I
ALWAYS LIKE TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, AT LEAST TO SAY THAT THIS IS
PROBABLY THE SECOND UGLIEST BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND THIS IS JUST FROM INFORMAL POLLING.
INTERESTINGLY, WHAT PEOPLE TELL ME THE UGLIEST BUILDING IS HUD,
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OF ALL THINGS.
SEEMS SOMEWHAT IRONIC. SO AGAIN, I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE
THAT. WE HAVE ABOUT 80,000 EMPLOYEES.
AND A NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CALCULATE
YET BUT IT'S LARGE. AND WHAT WE DO IN THIS
ORGANIZATION, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER THAT'S
BEEN AROUND FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OR SO, WE TRY TO DO
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND REPRESENT BIG DATA AND
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND I'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE
BIT, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO BE.
THERE ALWAYS USED TO BE THESE LITTLE SPOTS WITHIN THESE
AGENCIES THAT DID SOMETHING ABOUT DATA, DID SOMETHING ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU GET THE FEELING, IT'S PALPABLE, THAT
THAT ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND DATA WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT IS GROWING
AND GETTING MORE IMPORTANT AND MORE ACCEPTED.
AND TODAY IS SORT OF A CELEBRATION THAT TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION IS NOT JUST A SIDE SHOW, IT'S REALLY THE CENTER
SHOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT ARE GOING TO
TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROJECTS THEY'RE DOING, WE DON'T WANT
THAT TO BE THE EXCEPTION. WE WANT THIS TO BE THE SEED TO
MAKE IT GROW THAT ALL OF OUR AGENCIES ARE DOING INNOVATION.
I SPEAK A LOT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE ASK ME, WELL, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE IN ADMINISTRATION, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS ON INNOVATION
AND DATA? WHEN I GOT HERE, I DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE ANYBODY TO ASK UNTIL I GOT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME GREAT SPEAKERS TODAY FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT DATA AND TECHNOLOGY ARE
ABSOLUTELY AT THE CENTER. DOUBLING DOWN ON IT.
IT'S NOT A POLITICAL MATTER, IT'S THE MAJOR ENGINE THAT'S
GOING TO HELP GROW THE ECONOMY, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW WITH
INCREDIBLE CONFIDENCE THAT THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION IS
DEDICATED TO GROWING THE WILL ROLE OF DATA AND TECHNOLOGY
WITHIN GOVERNMENT. SAME THING, OPEN DATA AND OMB,
THEY PLAY A MAJOR ROLE ACROSS ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THIS IS
A PICTURE, THERE'S MAYBE 70, 80 PEOPLE AT THIS MEETING, CHRIS
CHAIRED IT, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE, MICHAEL WAS AT THE
MEETING, AND SO WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM OUR OFFICE AND WE
GOT TO PARTICIPATE AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT OMB
WANTS TO HELP PROMOTE ACROSS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
AGAIN, VERY GOOD TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD, WE
HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WE ALSO RUN SOME TRADITIONAL PROPERTIES, AND HERE'S A CROWD
SOURCING OPPORTUNITY. SO WE RUN HEALTHDATA.GOV.
IT'S A REPOSITORY FOR HEALTH DATA.
WE HAVE -- I THINK IT'S 1554 DATASETS TODAY.
SOME ARE SMALL WITH NINE ENTRIES FROM THE ALASKA HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY HOSPITALS THERE, REPORTING
ON FINANCIAL DATA FROM MAYBE 2014 TO '15.
THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT, IS THIS REALLY A RICH DATASET, BUT
THERE'S ALSO CLAIMS DATA AND PANEL SURVEY DATA THAT'S WORTH
LOOKING AT. HERE'S WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP OUR DATA, IF IT'S A
VALUABLE ASSET, IF THERE ARE DATASETS THAT AS RESEARCHERS,
PEOPLE THAT ARE DEVELOPING POLICY, THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S NOT THERE. SO IN THE WEB SITE, THERE ARE
WAYS TO LEAVE SOME FEEDBACK. SO IF THIS IS YOUR THING, GO
INTO IT, CHECK IT OUT, AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK, LET US KNOW
WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE RUNNING IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MAKE THIS BETTER ALL THE TIME. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT INNOVATION AND US AS REVOLUTIONARIES.
SOUNDS TRITE WHEN I SAY IT OUT LOUD.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT.
BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO A BOOK THAT I READ IN GRADUATE
SCHOOL. HAS ANYBODY READ THOMAS KUHN,
STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS?
GOOD. IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T READ IT, YOU
HEARD A VESTIGE OF IT, PARADIGM SHIFT.
POPULAR MBA PHRASE, SORT OF MADE ITS WAY OVER TO THE UNITED
STATES AND I'VE HEARD IT AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, PROBABLY INSOMNIA, I WENT BACK TO READ
THE BOOK A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS
REFRESHING. IT TALKED ABOUT PARADIGMS NOT
BEING ABLE TO SHIV. THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT, HE DIDN'T
SAY IT, BUT HE IMPLIED IT. SO YOU HAVE THESE DOMINANT
PARADIGM, PARADIGM IS BASICALLY A WAY TO DESCRIBE CERTAIN
PHENOMENA, IT'S THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE
SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN TWO PLACES THAT ARE MUCH DIFFERENT.
THAT WOULD IMPLY PARADIGM SHIFT. THE WORLD IS FLAT TO THE WORLD
IS A SPHERE. IT DOESN'T REALLY SHIFT FROM ONE
TO THE OTHER, ONE OR THE OTHER, PICK IT.
IN MANY CASE, WAIT WE THINK ABOUT THINGS, THESE IDEAS ARE IN
CONFLICT, POTENTIALLY VIOLENT REVOLUTION AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
IN TERMS OF THEMES AND IDEAS, NOT ARMIES TAKING TO THE STREET.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. OLOMAY SAYS WITH GREAT MATHEMATICAL
MODELING, THE EARTH IS AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE,
EVERYTHING SPINS AROUND IT. GREAT.
CAPERNICUS COMES AROUND AND SAYS WHOA, YOUR MATH IS REALLY GOOD
BUT THE SUN IS AT THE CENTER. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
THERE WASN'T A SHIFT. WE CAN'T SAY MAYBE BY WEDNESDAY
WE'LL CALL IT MERCURY AND MAYBE WE'LL GET TO YOUR SIDE.
NO, NO. ONE OR THE OTHER, THESE TWO
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT COMPETE. NOW WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
FIRST OF ALL, BE CAREFUL HOW YOU USE PARADIGM SHIFT IN YOUR
EVERYDAY LANGUAGE. THE OTHER IS, WE'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT REVOLUTION RIGHT NOW.
TODAY'S PARADIGMS, TODAY'S EARTH IS AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
IS GOVERNMENT LIKE THIS. WHOA, SLOW DOWN.
THAT SOUNDS RISKY. WELL, THIS IS HOW WE'VE ALWAYS
DONE IT. JUST -- WE HAVE TO DO THIS FOR
OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK TOO GOOD BECAUSE THAT WAY WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AT THIS LEVEL EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I KNOW, IT IS KIND OF FUNNY,
WHEN YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD TOO. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LOT
OF WHAT LARGE INSTITUTIONS DO, AND IT'S NOT JUST GOVERNMENT, BY
THE WAY, IT COULD BE IBM OR THE WORLD BANK.
IT'S LARGE INSTITUTIONS BEHAVE IN CERTAIN WAYS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS STOP THAT.
WE HAVE TO PROVE OUT WITH OUR OWN VERSION OF MATHEMATICAL
MODELING BY BEHAVIOR AND RESULTS THAT INNOVATION SHOULD BE HOW WE
PRACTICE OUR TRADE EVERY DAY, THAT WAY WE APPROACH EVERY
PROBLEM IS ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE USER, THINKING ABOUT
EFFICIENCY, THINKING ABOUT PROGRESS RATHER THAN JUST
THINKING ABOUT THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ASKING OUR LEADERS TO TAKE ON THE RUSK
TO ALLOW US TO EXPERIMENT, TO COME UP WITH THE BETTER WAY.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT TODAY IS ALL ABOUT.
IT CELEBRATES INNOVATION AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MOVE IT
FROM BEING THAT EXCEPTION, BEING THE OFFICE OF CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER WITH A DOZEN PEOPLE IN 80,000 TO SOMETHING WHERE ALL OF
US HAVE THE ROLE IN INNOVATION AT HHS.
EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY OFFICE, EVERY AGENCY.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE SEEDING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE 14 IGNITE TEAMS HERE THAT WE AWARDED THIS YEAR, IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A HUNDRED NEXT YEAR, AND A HUNDRED THAT
WERE THE WINNERS OF A THOUSAND COMPETITORS, AND IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO SEE THAT WE HAVE TO STOP THE PROGRAM BECAUSE EVERY
OFFICE AND EVERY AGENCY IS DOING EVERYTHING THROUGH INNOVATION.
INSTEAD OF DOING IT THE WAY WE DID IT LAST YEAR, 10 YEARS AND
MAYBE 30 YEARS AGO. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS OFFICE IS
ABOUT. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.
THREE GENERAL THEMES. IT'S DATA, IT'S PARTNERSHIP,
PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION. SO THE FIRST ONE IS IN OUR DATA
INSIGHT INSTITUTE, SO OUR CHIEF DATA OFFICER, OUR JOB IS TO
CREATE AN HHS DATA ENTERPRISE STRATEGY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S SORT OF LIKE, WELL, YOU MEAN YOU
DON'T HAVE ONE TODAY? AND WE DON'T, AND IT'S VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT, WE THOUGHT WE'D JUST KIND OF ROLL IN AND HAVE
EVERYONE PUT THEIR DATA TOGETHER, WE HAVE A COUPLE DATA
USE AGREEMENTS, A NEW GOVERNANCE POLICY AND WE'LL BE OUT THE
DOOR. NOT AT ALL!
WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP TO DO THIS.
IT'S VERY COMPLEX, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
NEED TO DO, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT OUR FIRST STEP WAS, SO SO
FAR, SO GOOD. WE'VE GAINED A LOT OF ATTENTION,
LEADERSHIP IS LOCKED AND LOADED ON THIS, IT'S ONE OF OUR
REIMAGINE INITIATIVES AND WE HAVE THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT
AGENCY, OMB AS WELL, SO THAT'S GOING WELL.
THE NEXT PIECE IS AROUND MARKETS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
I TELL THE STORY, THERE WAS A DAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
WERE SITTING AROUND THE OFFICE GOING OVER WHAT OUR SCHEDULE WAS
FOR THE NEXT DAY, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE WERE THREE
CONGRESSMEN I MET THAT DAY, FORMER CONGRESSMEN, THAT HAD
COME IN WITH COMPANIES TO HAVE MEETINGS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT, WHY IS IT THAT ALL OF THESE BIG COMPANIES
COME IN WITH PEOPLE TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE OUR SYSTEM, IT'S NOT
THAT HARD. WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE.
CALL US AND WE'LL SET UP A MEETING.
BUT IT STRUCK ME THAT WE DON'T SEE STARTUPS IN OUR OFFICE VERY
OFTEN. AND WE'RE COMING BACK FROM A
CONFERENCE, WE'RE ON A PLANE FROM SAN FRANCISCO AREA AND I
SAT NEXT TO TWO KIDS, I'LL CALL THEM -- KIDS STILL IN COLLEGE,
THAT STARTED UP A BIOTECH AND THEY WERE COMING TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR A CONFERENCE TO PRESENT A PAPER,
AND I SAID YOU'VE GOT THIS REALLY COOL THING, ARE YOU
HAVING ANY MEETINGS? THEY WERE LIKE,
WASHINGTON, D.C., I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT.
SO THE IDEA IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LOWER THE BARRIERS, MAKE OUR
VISION AND INTEREST VERY TRANSPARENT FOR ALL.
WHETHER YOU'RE THE BIGGEST COMPANY OR THE SMALLEST IN YOUR
DORM ROOM. STARTUP, ENTREPRENEUR, DOESN'T
MATTER. WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE DOORS OF
HHS TO GET INNOVATION AS IT'S HAPPENING AND IN EARLY STAGES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MICHAEL KRATSIOS, ONE OF THE
FAMOUS GUYS IN OUR COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN IN VENTURE CAPITAL AND
PRIVATE EQUITY. MOST OF THOSE COMPANIES IN MY
PRIVATE EQUITY DAYS, THEY NEVER WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. OR
STATE CAPITOLS. THEY STAYED AWAY FROM GOVERNMENT
AS PURCHASERS, OR AS CONSUMERS, AND THEY WENT OUT TO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE COOLEST TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RIGHT
AWAY, NOT WAIT 5 TO 7 YEARS UNTIL COMPANIES GROW AND GET
COMMERCIALIZED AND IT'S SORT OF OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.
WE SHOULD GET IT JUST THE SAME. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS, PART
OF WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY, AROUND INNOVATION.
IT'S OUR IDEAL APP. YOU KNOW THAT WE RUN THE IGNITE
ACCELERATOR, WHICH WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
GRADUATES FROM THAT PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS MAY GET ACCESS TO
FUNDING AND COACHING THROUGH OUR VENTURES PROGRAM.
WE ALSO RUN THE ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, WHERE WE GET
PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT BE INTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT, NOT
THEIR CUP OF TEA, DOESN'T PAY THIS WAY, DON'T WANT TO WAIT
SEVEN MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS, SO WE BRING
PEOPLE IN. WHICH BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A
COUPLE SLOTS OPEN, TALK TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT PEOPLE THAT MAYBE
WANT TO STAY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT COULD BE CONVINCED
FOR THE RIGHT POSITION, THE RIGHT PROBLEM TO ATTACK TO COME
IN TO GOVERNMENT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THE KIDNEY ACCELERATOR, ONE OF THE NEWEST
ADDITIONS TO OUR PORTFOLIO. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
KIDNEY DIALYSIS, YOU'D KNOW THAT FOR THE LAST 50 TO 60 YEARS,
THERE'S BEEN VIRTUALLY NO NEW INNOVATION IN THAT SPACE.
WE DIALYZE PEOPLE ABOUT THE SAME WAY AS WE DID 50 YEARS AGO.
THE GOVERNMENT, MEDICARE, PAYS FOR NEARLY ALL OF THE KIDNEY
DIALYSIS TREATMENT. THE AMOUNT WE SPEND ON DIALYSIS
IS LARGER THAN THE BUDGETS OF NASA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE. JUST AN INTERESTING FACT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH THE
AMERICAN NEPHROLOGY SOCIETY, AND INVESTORS, TO SAY WE'LL MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE'LL COORDINATE THE
ACTIVITIES BETWEEN FDA AND CMS FOR BOTH DISCOVERY AND APPROVAL
AND PAYMENT POLICY. IF YOU GUYS COME UP WITH BETTER
IDEAS AND SAVE US MONEY. SO WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS NOW.
WE ANNOUNCED IT LAST MONTH AND WE DO THE KICKOFF IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THINGS
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHAKE UP THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS HERE AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
SO THEY HAD TO CHOOSE NIGH PICTURE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANYONE THAT SPOKE LAST WEEK. SO WE RAN THE OPIOID SYMPOSIUM
AND CODE-A-THON. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAY
WE LAUNCHED OUR ENTERPRISE DATA INITIATIVE, AND WHAT WE FOUND IS
WHEN WE FIRST WENT AROUND TO AGENCIES AND WE SAID, OPEN DATA,
LIBERATE YOUR DATA, ENTERPRISE DATA, EVERYONE CHEERED LIKE,
YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, THEN WE WENT TO THEM PRIVATELY, WE SAID
OH, WE'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR DATA IN.
OH, NO, NO, NOT MY DATA. IT'S PRIVATE.
GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE. OKAY, SURE.
WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENCY, OH, NO, WE HAVE THESE DATA USE
AGREEMENTS, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO WE SAID ALL RIGHT, WE NEED A
NEW STRATEGY. WHEN WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO
TRY TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC FROM WHAT TOOLS THAT WE
HAD, SMART PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, DATA, INNOVATION, WHEN WE WENT
BACK TO THE VERY SAME PEOPLE AND WE SAID, HEY, YOUR DATA, WE
THINK YOU CAN SAVE LIVES WITH YOUR DATA.
PEOPLE SAID, MY DATA, SAVE LIVES?
WELL, I'D LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP OUT.
IT CHANGED THE GAME. SO IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE
OPIOID SYMPOSIUM AND CODE-A-THON, WE BROUGHT IN 51
TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FROM THE BIGGEST CORPORATE
GIANTS, WHETHER WE HAD PEOPLE HERE FROM GOOGLE, FACEBOOK,
MICROSOFT, WE HAD UNIVERSITIES LIKE MIT, STANFORD, UNC, YALE.
SO WE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP AND THEY TURNED OUT REALLY
INTERESTING SOLUTIONS IN 24 HOURS.
THIS PLACE WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE THAT HADN'T SHOWERED IN
DAYS. IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
[LAUGHTER] BUT IT WAS US SHOWING THAT EVEN
IN OUR WORLD, WE DON'T HAVE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT
DOLLARS, WE'RE NOT RUNNING PROGRAMS FOR TREATMENT OR
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBING PROTOCOL, BUT THIS IS OUR -- CULTURALLY IT
WAS SORT OF AN AWAKENING AND I HAVE A FEELING A LOT OF THE
SOLUTIONS WILL END UP IN COMMUNITIES NEXT YEAR AND WILL
SAVE LIVES. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN
PEOPLE WERE TAKING IN THE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS, THE PLACE
WAS PACKED, AND THEN WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AGAINST OPIOIDS.
THE LAST THING AS I MENTIONED HERE, WE USED THE IGNITE
ACCELERATOR FOR PEOPLE HERE AND THE VENTURES FUND FOR THOSE THAT
GRADUATE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND NEED MORE HELP AND SUPPORT.
I MENTIONED THE ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM AND THE COMPETE, THE
COMPETE ACT IS WHAT WE USED TO DO THE OPIOID SYMPOSIUM AND
CODE-A-THON, THAT ALLOWED US TO GET SPONSORS, SPONSORS RAISED
THEIR OWN MONEY TO MAKE AWARDS. THERE WERE THREE AWARDS OF
$10,000 EACH TO THE WINNING TEAMS, AND IT ALLOWED US TO NOT
TOUCH THE MONEY OR GET INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT PUT ON SOMETHING
THAT LOOKED A LOT LIKE A PRIVATE SECTOR CODE-A-THON AND ENGAGE
COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITY CODERS IN A WAY THAT WE OTHERWISE HAD
SOME FRICTION IN THE SYSTEM BEFORE.
SO, I KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR CALL TO
ACTION IS FOR PEOPLE HERE. SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN
GOVERNMENT HERE, AND A LARGE MAJORITY ARE AT HHS.
WE DON'T WANT TO YOU KIND OF CRUISE THROUGH ONCE A YEAR,
CHECK OUT SOME SPEAKERS AND THEN GO BACK.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THIS TIGHT COMMUNITY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE WAYS TO BE IN TOUCH, WHETHER IT'S OUR
WEBSITE AND EMAILS AND TWITTER HANDLES, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT
YOU GOING BACK TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND NOT BEING QUIET ABOUT
INNOVATION. IT'S ABOUT STANDING UP AND
DEMANDING THAT WE PROGRESS FORWARD AND WE MAKE INNOVATION
PART OF THE DOMINANT CULTURE AT HHS RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION.
AND LASTLY AS I MENTIONED THESE WAYS TO ENGAGE SMALL COMPANIES
AND ENTREPRENEURS, WE'RE CALLING THEM STARTUP DAYS, WE HAVE 13
CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE MAPPED OUT THAT WE WANT TO
GO TO. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE IN THE
PIPELINE AND WE'RE KICKING OFF THE FIRST ONE HERE ON
FEBRUARY 5TH, SO I INVITE ALL OF YOU AND I INVITE YOU IF WE'RE
PUT TOGETHER SOME INVITATION CARDS FIGURATIVELY, FREE TO HAND
THEM OUT TO THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST COMPANIES, STARTUPS,
INNOVATOR, ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU
NAVIGATE GOVERNMENT. WHAT'S IN IT FOR THEM?
HOW TO GET INVOLVED, HOW TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHETHER
IT'S TO LEARN MORE OR TRY TO GET ON A CONTRACT AS A SUBOR TO
COMPETE FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT HHS HAS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED THERE.
LASTLY, THIS IS HOW TO ENGAGE US, SO WRITE THIS DOWN, TAKE A
PICTURE OR JUST MEMORIZE IT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT TODAY
IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.
WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR OFFICE, YOU CAN BE PART OF
THE COMMUNITY HERE, A COUPLE PEOPLE HERE SAID THEY WERE
LOOKING TO COLLABORATE WITH TO SEE WHAT ASSETS WE HAVE IN OUR
OFFICE THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOUR OFFICE AND OUR AGENCY.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR JOB
EXCITING, THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO EVERY DAY, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT AND WE'LL BE HERE ALL DAY, REACH OUT
ELECTRONICALLY OR PERSONALLY TO ASK WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.
NOW, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, I GET TO INTRODUCE
SOMEBODY -- SORRY, NO QUESTIONS BUT WE'LL TALK AFTERWARDS.
LET MET INTRODUCE THE NEXT PERSON, SOMEBODY I'VE KNOWN FOR
A WHILE SINCE I'VE GOT STARTED HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
MICHAEL KRATSIOS IS THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DEPUTY U.S. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO THAT'S LIKE THE BIG DEAL FOR WHAT I GET TO DO HERE.
MICHAEL ADVISES THE PRESIDENT ON A BROAD RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY
POLICY ISSUE THAT DRIVES THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. I'D JUST LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT
AS HE ADVISES THE PRESIDENT ON WAYS TO GROW OUR ECONOMY.
BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT WITH THE REAL ENGINE
IN OUR ECONOMY, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TO IT.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AT THE
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, IT
ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
HE EMPOWERS THE AMERICAN COMPANIES TO COMMERCIALIZE AND
ADOPT NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AND IMPROVES AND EXPANDS ACCESS TO
TOOLS NECESSARY FOR AMERICANS TO SUCCEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ECONOMY. PRIOR TO JOINING THE WHITE
HOUSE, MICHAEL WAS A PRINCIPAL AT TL CAPITAL, WHERE HE INVESTED
IN AND ADVISED TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.
HE'S THE REAL DEAL. HE'S DONE IT ON THE OUTSIDE AND
BRINGING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE INSIDE.
HE'S A GRADUATE OF PRINCETON AND SERVED AS A VISITING SCHOLAR AT
A BEJING UNIVERSITY. TWO INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
MICHAEL. I ASKED ALL THE SPEAKERS TO TELL
ME TWO FUN FACTS. SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS GUY HAS
VISITED 31 COUNTRIES AND SIX CONTINENTS.
THAT'S A LOT, I'VE TRAVELED A LOT BUT THAT'S OFF THE CHARTS A
LOT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS A CHILD,
MICHAEL ASPIRED TO BECOME A FAMOUS MAGICIAN BUT HE WENT INTO
EARLY RETIREMENT AT 6 YEARS OLD WHEN HE SHATTERED A PRICELESS
FAMILY HEIRLOOM DURING A TRICK. HE STILL LOVES MAGIC BUT I GUESS
HE'S NOT GOING TO BE DOING ANY OF THAT HERE, BUT THANK YOU,
COME ON UP AND WE'LL DO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, BRUCE, FOR THAT
VERY GENEROUS AND KIND INTRODUCTION.
I'M SO EXCITED AND DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO SHARE THE
WAY WE THINK ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AT THE WHITE
HOUSE. FOR MANY OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW,
THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IS A COMPONENT
WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT'S ONE OF THE POLICY GROUPS
WHICH HELPS SHAPE THE NATIONAL AGENDA.
SO THERE'S THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, THERE'S THE DOMESTIC
POLICY COUNCIL, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, AND THERE'S
US. SO WITHIN OUR OFFICE, WE THINK
VERY STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW WE CAN TAKE THE PRESIDENT'S BROAD
AGENDA TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND DELIVER IT IN TERMS OF
SCIENCE AND TECH. SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK?
SO WE BEGIN OUR ANALYSIS OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT THINGS FROM THE
VERY, VERY TOP LEVEL, FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES ABOUT WHAT OUR
PRESIDENT BELIEVES AND THE AGENDA HE'S TRYING TO PUSH.
THE THREE KEYS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN PUSHING ARE FIRST
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN JOBS, SECOND, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND NUMBER
THREE, OUR GOVERNMENT REFORM. SO WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, WE
ATTEMPTED TO STILL THAT DOWN TO WHAT OUR SCIENCE AND TECH
PRIORITIES SHOULD BE. I THINK WITH THOSE, YOU CAN SEE
IT FILTERED DOWN ALL THE WAY TO EACH OF THE AGENCIES.
SO I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TODAY WALKING YOU THROUGH KIND
OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE
MONTHS, GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE DO, AND
SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER RESULTS BROADLY TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. SO THE FIRST PRIORITY THAT WE'VE
SORT OF IDENTIFIED AND HAVE DRIVEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY OVER
THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS IS A FOCUS ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS IS THE IDEA THAT FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOBS IN
AMERICA ARE GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY THE NEXT GREAT TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES. FOR US TO SIT IDLY AND HOPE THAT
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND THE CURRENT COMPANIES OF THE DAY ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD, I THINK IS A
BIT SHORT SIGHTED, AND WHAT WE SPECIFICALLY LACK FOR AT THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN SORT OF TAP IN TO THAT
GOVERNMENT REFORM ANGLE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ALWAYS PUSH,
WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS FOR OUR GREATEST TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO
SUCCEED HERE IN THE U.S. AND BACK IN JUNE, PRESIDENT
TRUMP, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
HOSTED AN EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED PROMOTING -- CALLED
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN STAKEHOLDERS AND INDUSTRY
LEADERS FROM SOME EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS TO HEAR FROM
THEM DIRECTLY WHAT WERE THE ISSUES THAT THEIR INDUSTRY WAS
FACING. I THINK I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
CASE STUDY OF A COUPLE THINGS WE'VE LOOKED AT SO YOU CAN GET A
SENSE OF THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ISSUES.
SO ONE THAT WE TACKLED EARLY ON WAS THE QUESTION OF DRONES OR
UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. AND CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT THE
RULES ARE WRITTEN, COMMERCIAL DRONE OPERATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO FLY OVER PEOPLE BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT OR AT NIGHT.
NOW, WHAT DOES THIS RESULT IN? THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOME OF OUR
GREATEST AMERICAN COMPANIES AND INNOVATORS TAKING THEIR
TECHNOLOGY AND MOVING OVERSEAS. SO GOOGLE IS CURRENTLY TESTING
THEIR PACKAGE DELIVERY OPERATION IN AUSTRALIA.
AMAZON HAS BEEN TESTING IN THE U.K. FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ALMOST
FIVE YEARS NOW. AND WE EVEN HAVE AMERICANS
MOVING TO PLACES LIKE RWANDA TO START COMPANIES LIKE ZIPLINE.
SO THESE EXAMPLES I THINK VERY MUCH RESONATED WITH OUR OFFICE
AND WITH THE WHITE HOUSE MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO
ACTUALLY KEEP THAT INNOVATION AL HOME?
I THINK THAT ONE INDUSTRY IS SORT OF THE MICROCHASM OF THE
ISSUES THAT SLOW REGULATORY MOVEMENT ON EMERGING INDUSTRIES
CAN CAUSE. SO AFTER HEARING FROM THE
INDUSTRY ABOUT WHAT THESE ISSUES WERE, WE WENT BACK TO THE
DRAWING BOARD AND WORKED WITH FAA AND DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND DRAFTED A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM.
SO LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
INSTRUCTING THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO CREATE A DRONE
PILOT PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS FOR OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF
WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN ON THESE RESTRICTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL
OPERATORS IN SOME SORT OF INNOVATION ZONES, THIS IDEA THAT
A STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT COULD APPLY TO THE
FAA AND SAY, LOOK, WE WANT TO TEST OUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES, WE
WANT AMAZON TO BE DELIVERING PACKAGES EVERY WEDNESDAY BETWEEN
2:00 AND 4:00 A.M. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW OUR PEOPLE LIKE
THAT, OR WHETHER IT'S A HOSPITAL THAT'S PARTNERING WITH A TESTING
FACILITY AND THEY CAN MOVE SORT OF BLOOD TEST RESULTS BACK AND
FORTH BY DRONES RATHER THAN CARS OR AMBULANCES.
AND WE -- SO THAT MEMORANDUM WAS SIGNED AND THE SECRETARY WAS
INSTRUCTED TO START THE PROGRAM. THIS WAS AT FAA ABOUT 10 DAYS
AFTER SIGNING OF THE P.M., AND THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED BY
SECRETARY CHAO. WE WERE A LITTLE UNSURE ABOUT
WHAT THE RESPONSE WOULD BE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN THIS. WAS THIS SOMETHING ACTUALLY
PEOPLE CARED ABOUT OR ANOTHER SMALL EXAMPLE OF HOW GOVERNMENT
MAY GET IN THE WAY. WE OPENED UP A 20-DAY WINDOW FOR
STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO LET THE FAA KNOW
THAT, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM.
WHAT WE SAW WAS AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT.
WE HAD OVER 200 INTERESTED PARTIES, SO I THINK ONCE THOSE
NUMBERS CAME IN, I THINK IT REALLY REAFFIRMED WHAT WE'VE
ALWAYS BEEN THINKING. IT GOES DOWN TO A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT BRUCE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THERE IS A LOT OF PENT-UP DEMAND FOR INNOVATIVE NEXT GENERATION
TYPE TECHNOLOGIES AND ACTIONS BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND IT'S
OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS
REGULATORS, TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOW THESE
PEOPLE TO LET THEIR BEST TECHNOLOGIES SUCCEED AND GROW IN
THE U.S. SO I'M EXCITED TO SAY, AND MANY
OF YOU MAY SEE IN YOUR STATE AND LOCALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT BEFORE 2018, THERE WILL BE SOME COMMERCIAL DRONE OPERATIONS
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT PROGRAM GO FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ABOUT ENERGY, WHICH
FITS VERY MUCH WITH OUR THEME OF PROMOTING TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SPOKE DURING ENERGY WEEK IN JUNE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF, HE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ALL OF THE
ABOVE ENERGY APPROACH AND THAT INCLUDES NUCLEAR ENERGY.
NUCLEAR ENERGY IS, BY FAR, PROBABLY THE CLEANEST SOURCE OF
ENERGY IN THE U.S. WHAT'S I THINK BEEN CHALLENGING
WITH IT ARE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ALTHOUGH THESE PLANTS ULTIMATELY CAN PRODUCE EXTREMELY CHEAP
ENERGY, THERE'S TWO ISSUES. ONE, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND TWO,
IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY HARD TO GET THEM APPROVED HERE IN THE U.S.
SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT I THINK RUNS VERY PARALLEL TO WHAT WE
SAW WITH THE DRONE ISSUE WAS THE SAME WITH ENERGY.
SO BILL GATES AFTER RETIRING FROM MICROSOFT HAS BEEN DOING A
NUMBER OF PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS AND ONE OF THE THEM
WAS CREATION OF A COMPANY CALLED TERA POWER, HIS TAKE ON NUCLEAR
ENERGY. HE BROUGHT THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST NUCLEAR ENGINEERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO JOIN HIM
IN WASHINGTON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR
PLANT COULD BE, HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVE NOT ONLY AMERICANS,
THE ENTIRE WORLD WITH CHEAP, SAFE ENERGY.
DEVELOPED A GREAT PLAN, CAME, ACTUALLY CAME TO WASHINGTON AND
SPOKE AND REQUESTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, HOW
QUICKLY CAN WE GET THIS APPROVED?
CAN WE BUILD THIS PLANT HERE IN THE U.S. OR A TEST REACTOR?
ULTIMATELY THE CHALLENGES WERE SO INTENSE FOR HIM HERE IN
AMERICA THAT HE ENDED UP PARTNERING WITH THE CHINESE TO
BUILD THE FIRST TERAPOWER REACTOR IN CHINA.
WHEN WE HEAR THE STORY, IT'S EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING.
THIS IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST INNOVATOR, WE ASSEMBLED
THE GREATEST MINDS IN THE WORLD AND HE WANTS TO BRING THE
INNOVATION HERE TO THE U.S., HE'S UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF
THE RULES BY NRC WHICH MAKE IT SO CHALLENGING FOR HIM TO GET
THAT APPROVAL. SO I THINK AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER
STORY THAT RESONATED WITH THE PRESIDENT, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR A FULL CIVIL NUCLEAR REVIEW AND
TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO KIND OF CREATE THOSE PATHWAYS FOR OUR
GREATEST NUCLEAR ENGINEERS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THESE TECHNOLOGIES
HERE IN THE U.S. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE THINK
ABOUT EMERGING TECH. I CHALLENGE YOU US A THINK ABOUT
WORK YOU'RE DOING IN THE HEALTHCARE SPACE, IF YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING INNOVATIVE, IF YOU SEE WHETHER
IT'S -- YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA ISSUES, IF YOU'RE
RUNNING INTO SOME OF THESE RULES AND REGS YOU THINK SORT OF
RESTRICT WAIT YOU'RE KIND OF ABLE TO PUSH INNOVATION FORWARD,
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.
IF THERE'S THINGS WE CAN FIX OR CHANGE OR MAKE EASIER FOR YOU,
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO
THAT AND YOU DO IT HERE IN THE U.S.
THE SECOND BIG THING THAT WE'RE PUSHING, OUR SECOND KEY THEME IS
PROMOTING OR EMPOWERING AMERICANS TO INNOVATE.
THIS IS CREATING A CULTURE AND AN ENVIRONMENT IN THE U.S. WHERE
OUR GREATEST INNOVATORS CONTINUE TO DO THEIR WORK HERE.
SO WE WORK ON A NUMBER OF TRACKS.
I THINK THE FIRST ONE, WHICH HAS RESONATED A LOT WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATION IS THE QUESTION OF CONNECTIVITY OR RURAL
BROADBAND. SO SOMETHING LIKE 10% OF
AMERICANS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET, SOMETHING
LIKE 43 MILLION AMERICANS OR ABOUT 33 MILLION RURAL AMERICANS
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, AND -- OR HIGH SPEED, THAT'S 20
MEGABIT DOWN, AND IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO URBAN AREAS, ONLY 4% OF
URBAN AMERICANS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET.
SO THE PRESIDENT EARLIER THIS SUMMER SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
DIRECTING SECRETARY PURDUE TO PUT TOGETHER A RURAL PROSPERITY
TASK FORCE. INCLUDING EVERYONE FROM HHS TO
OSTP TO FCC TO HUD, THERE WAS A VERY, VERY WIDE RANGE OF FOLKS
WHO CAME TOGETHER TO WRITE THIS REPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT'S
GOING TO BE DELIVERED NEXT MONTH.
SITTING IN THESE MEETINGS, WHAT WAS SO FASCINATING, IF YOU CAME
FROM THE HEALTHCARE SPACE OR THE HOUSING SPACE, THE THEME THAT
KEPT COMING UP WAS THIS ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY.
IF WE THINK ABOUT IT IN THE HEALTHCARE LENS, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT TELEMEDICINE OR HOW YOU PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO RURAL
AMERICANS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY KEY TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY.
IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THEM ON LIVE INTERNET, HOW YOU
ARE GOING TO DO IT? AMERICA HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH
THAT FOR NEARLY CENTURIES NOW AND I THINK CONNECTIVITY IS ONE
OF THOSE HUGE KEYS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IT.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING NEXT MONTH IS THE RELEASE OF THE
PROSPERITY REPORT AND YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF THEMES AROUND
CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, THAT TIES EVERYTHING FROM HEALTHCARE TO
ESSENTIALLY SORT OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO
SUCCEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY, WHETHER IT'S BUILD YOUR
OWN COMPANIES, WHETHER IT'S SELLING PRODUCTS ONLINE,
WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THE SECOND ISSUE WE THINK ABOUT
A LOT IS THE ISSUE OF SPECTRUM IN THE TELECOM SPACE.
THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ABOUT 60 OR 70% OF ALL U.S. SPECTRUM.
SPECTRUM IS EXTRAORDINARILY VALUABLE.
YOU JUST LOOK AT THE RECENT SALES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER
THE YEARS FOR. SO BANDS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE IN REVENUE
OF TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO SELL THIS STUFF OFF.
WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IS OUR FIRST RESPONDER, OUR
MILITARY HAVE THE SPECTRUM AND THE BANDS THAT THEY NEED, BUT WE
AS A GOVERNMENT I THINK CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN
SHARING AND IN UTILIZING THAT SPECTRUM.
FOR ALL OF OUR AGENCIES, TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO BE BETTER
STEWARDS OF THIS EXTREMELY VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT SORT OF
DRIVES THE ECONOMY. SO WE'LL BE SEEING NEXT YEAR
AGAIN A PUSH OR PLAN AROUND HOW WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE THE
SPECTRUM AND BETTER SHARE IT ACROSS AGENCIES.
THE THIRD PIECE WE THINK ABOUT A LOT ON THE EMPOWERING AMERICANS
IS THE QUESTION OF STEM EDUCATION.
THE PRESIDENT MADE A BIG PUSH ON THIS QUESTION OF WORKFORCE, AND
THE IDEA OF SORT OF PREPARING AMERICANS FOR THE JOBS NECESSARY
TO SUCCEED IN TODAY'S ECONOMY. I THINK WHAT'S BEEN VERY
REFRESHING, A NEW TAKE TO THIS PREDICTER WORK FOR QUESTION IS
PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE GENERAL CONCEPT THAT EVERY
AMERICAN -- IT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERY AMERICAN TO GET A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. I THINK IT'S A SOMEWHAT SORT OF
PROVOCATIVE STATEMENT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AND I THINK
WE'VE BEEN SORT OF -- IT'S BEEN ENGRAINED IN OUR SYSTEM FOR
DECADES NOW THAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO GET A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
IN COLLEGE. WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT
THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER, FOR MANY AMERICANS, A TECHNICAL DEGREE OR
SPENDING TIME IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO GET TECHNICAL SKILLS
CAN BE EXTRAORDINARILY VALUABLE. THE CONCEPT OF THE IDEA OF
WELDERS, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR AN
AMERICAN FAMILY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 52, $53,000, WHAT IS
THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR A WELDER THAT'S GOT 10 A
TECHNICAL DEGREE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ONE HALF THAT OR
80-PLUS. SO WHY ARE WE NOT ENCOURAGING
AMERICANS TO GET THOSE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND DEGREES THAT CAN
ALLOW THEM TO SORT OF PROVIDE BETTER FOR THEIR FAMILY AND
ALLOW THEM TO GET A MUCH HIGHER INCOME.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
IT TIES VERY MUCH TO A LOT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON STEM
EDUCATION FRONT. THE COMPETES ACT THAT BRUCE
TALKED ABOUT ALSO HAS A LOT OF LANGUAGE AROUND THE WAY WE NEED
TO OVERSEE THE STEM EDUCATION PLANS IN OUR COUNTRY, AND THE
OFFICE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE POLICY IS TASKED EVERY
FIVE YEARS TO PRODUCE A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
CONGRESS ON WHAT IS THE VISION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
STEM EDUCATION, AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT COME OUT AROUND THE
SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR AS WE BUILD THE TEAM TO WRITE THAT PLAN.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING A LOT IS THIS IDEA OF
HOW CAN WE KIND OF CONNECT THE STEM EDUCATION QUESTION WITH THE
TECHNICAL SKILLS QUESTION AND THE WORKFORCE QUESTION, BECAUSE
AS THE ECONOMY GROWS, THE AUTOMATION QUESTION, A LOT ABOUT
THE TECHNICAL SKILLS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WAY K
THROUGH 12 AND EVEN BEYOND, WE HAVE THE RIGHT STEM TOOLS IN
PLACE FOR AMERICANS TO SUCCEED. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IN THIS SUPPORTING BASIC RESEARCH.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE A
VERY SORT OF -- TAKEN A VERY STRONG POSITION ON.
FOR US IN THESE SORT OF TIGHT BUDGET ENVIRONMENTS, IT'S
EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO USE THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WE DO
HAVE TO DIRECT IT TOWARDS S & T OBJECTIVES WHICH WE ARE REALLY
GOOD AT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT REALLY GOOD AT.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN AND
FOCUS ON BASIC RESEARCH. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK
THAT OUR NATIONAL LABS DO OR THE TYPE OF RESEARCH THAT NSF PAYS
FOR, THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT PRIVATE SECTOR IS JUST NOT
EXCITE OR CAN GET EXCITED TO DO JUST BECAUSE THE RETURN ON
INVESTMENT IS SO LOW. THERE'S A LOT OF RISK THERE AND
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT DOLLARS TOWARD.
SO FOR US WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR KIND OF
FINDING WAYS TO KIND OF REFOCUS ON BASIC RESEARCH, THINGS MORE
LIKE THIS EXCITING PROJECT CALLED LB & F, I CAN GIVE YOU A
QUICK ASIDE, FASCINATING. YOU CAN SEE THE LAB ON THE
RIGHT, YOU HAVE A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR AND WHEN YOU SMASH
ATOMS AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS, YOU CREATE NEW TREE NODES, WHICH ARE
THE SORT OF SMALLEST KNOWN PARTICLE IN THE UNIVERSE.
THESE CAN PASS THROUGH OUR BODY, PASS THROUGH THE EARTH,
WHATEVER, AND IN ORDER TO MEASURE THEM VERY CLEANLY, YOU
NEED TO PUT THEM IN THE ENVIRONMENT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'RE INTERFACING WITH OTHER TREE NODES, ATMOSPHERE, SPACE,
WHEREVER IT MAY BE. SO IN SOUTH DAKOTA, THERE WAS A
GOLD MINE WHICH WAS CLOSING AND IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THAT
FACILITY, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TOWN TO SHUT DOWN, DOE WITH SOME
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTORS AND SOME FLYNN THROW P.S.I.S, SOME FOLKS
FROM EUROPE ALL OVER THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER AND CREATED AN
UNDERGROUND LAB. IN THIS LAB, THEY'RE ACTUALLY
CREATING -- THEY'RE BUILDING DETECTORS FOR NEW TREE NODES.
SO IF YOU SMASH ATOMS TOGETHER, CREATE NEW TREE NODES, THEY PASS
THROUGH THE EARTH, UNDERGROUND, AND THEY'RE MEASURED IN -- AT
THIS UNDERGROUND GOLD MINE IN SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THROUGH THESE
DISCOVERIES, WE'RE ABLE TO SORT OF UNLOCK SOME OF THE MYSTERIES
OF THE UNIVERSE AND HOPEFULLY BETTER UNDERSTAND DARK MATTER.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PROJECT THE PRIVATE
SECTOR WOULD NEVER FUND AND NOT BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING, YET
IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY IN
GENERAL TO MAKE THESE DISCOVERIES.
SO THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON, SO LESS
SOLINDRA AND MORE WORK LIKE THIS.
WE WORK VERY HARD TO DEFEND AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES ABROAD,
AND FOR A LOT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY
CRITICAL THAT THE IP THEY CREATE HERE AND THE GREAT WORK THAT
THEY DO HERE IN AMERICA IS NOT SORT OF DESTROYED OR LOST WHEN
THEY TRY TO DO BUSINESS OVERSEAS.
SO WE TRAVEL ABROAD WHETHER IT'S THE G7 OR A G-20 OR APEC WHERE
THE PRESIDENT WANT TO GO, OR EVEN THE MATH INNOVATION, IT'S
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE DEFEND OUR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.
WHETHER IT'S PUSHING BACK INTO THE IDEA OF HAVING TO HAND OVER
YOUR I.P. AS A REQUIREMENT FOR DOING BUSINESS, THESE ARE ALL
THINGS THAT WE VERY MUCH TRY TO PUSH BACK AGAINST AND ALL THE
GREAT TECH WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT IN
CHINA OR ANOTHER COUNTRY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE GREAT WORK
YOU DO ESSENTIALLY ISN'T STOLEN. THERE WAS A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT
TWO DAYS AGO ON SPACE, THE PRESIDENT RECONSTITUTED THE
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT A
COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SORT OF RETURNING OUR
FOCUS TO THE MOON, AWAY FROM ASTEROIDS, AND I THINK IT'S A
VERY EXCITING MOMENT IN SPACE TO HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT LIKE VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE WHO'S SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE,
TAKEN GREAT OWNERSHIP ON THE SPACE COUNCIL THIS PAST SUMMER
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ROUND OUT OUR SCIENCE AND TECH
PORTFOLIO WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON SPACE.
ANOTHER BIG PUSH WE DID EARLY IN THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH I THINK
TIES IN A LOT TO THE WORK WE'RE DOING NOW IS A GENERAL PUSH ON
MODERNIZING GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS ABOUT
$86 BILLION A YEAR ON I.T. ABOUT $44,000 PER FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE. ASK YOURSELVES, WHAT DOES A
PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANY SPEND PER EMPLOYEE ON I.T.?
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 8 TO 10X IS WHAT THE FEDS ARE
SPENDING. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE SCARY HIGH
AND EVEN IF YOU LAYER IN THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
AND OTHER ISSUE, IT'S OBVIOUS THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH THE COST
UP, IT'S STILL OBSCENELY EXPENSIVE.
I THINK A MAJORITY OF THAT IS SPENT ON MAINTAINING LEGACY
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I THINK AS WE BEGAN THE
ADMINISTRATION, WE MADE A VERY BIG PUSH ON FOCUSING ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE ALSO HAD AN EVENT AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, SENIOR ADVISER JARED KUSHNER MADE SOME REMARKS
ABOUT THIS, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING -- WE RELEASED THIS
PLAN OR REPORT FOR MODERNIZATION, IT WENT OUT FOR
COMMENT AND ACTUALLY YOU SHOULD BE SEEING IT -- THOSE COMMENTS
WERE SORT OF DIGESTED AND THE NEW FINALIZED REPORT IS COMING
OUT TODAY, SO YOU SHOULD ALL STAY TUNED AND LOOK FOR THAT
LATER TODAY, BUT I THINK THIS TIES IN WITH A LOT OF THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING AT EACH OF THE AGENCIES.
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT ALL OF OUR
AGENTS ARE USING ARE THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST?
THERE'S NO REASON WHY PROCUREMENT PROCESSES SHOULD
TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS, ESPECIALLY ON THE TECH FRONT.
THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU WERE USING
THREE YEARS AGO AND THE TYPES YOU'RE USING NOW, THAT
3-YEAR-OLD TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE USING?
THE ANSWER IS NO. FROM THE PROCUREMENT QUESTION,
BLEEDING INTO A LOT OF THE DATA WORK BRUCE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOU DO WE BETTER UNLOCK THE TECH DATA USERS HAVE PAID FOR AND
ALLOWED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO BETTER UTILIZE IT.
SO THAT'S GENERALLY KIND OF THE WAY THAT WE THINK SCIENCE AND
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, AND I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU TODAY
TO THINK VERY CRITICALLY ABOUT THE TYPES OF TOOLS AND TYPES OF
QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT USING AT YOUR INDIVIDUAL
AGENCIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. FOR US AND WHAT OUR MISSION HAS
BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR IS TO REALLY PROVIDE AND CREATE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE GREATEST INNOVATORS CAN DO THE WORK HERE
IN THE U.S. FOR US WHAT'S CONSTANTLY
FRUSTRATING IS HEARING WHAT THOSE ROAD BLOCKS ARE.
MY PERSONAL MISSION, THE MISSION IN MY OFFICE AND THE MISSION OF
THE PRESIDENT TO GET THOSE ROAD BLOCKS OUT OF THE WAY.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH BRUCE, THIS IS
ONE OF THE MOST FORWARD LEADING AGENCIES WHEN IT COMES TO
TECHNOLOGY, IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPEFULLY THIS WAS A GOOD
OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING. [APPLAUSE]
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