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How Tech Leaders Should Engage With Trump In 2017 (From Someone Who's Been In The Room)

How Tech Leaders Should Engage With Trump In 2017 (From Someone Who's Been In The Room)

Since Bill Clinton, Silicon Valley leaders have worked to help presidents understand the vital role of tech. They shouldn’t stop now.

Since Bill Clinton, Silicon Valley leaders have worked to help presidents understand the vital role of tech. They shouldn’t stop now.

About nine months before George W. Bush became president, I was asked to sit on an independent tech advisory council to help the then-Texas governor understand the role of tech in the new decade. The candidate assembled a group of about 90 people to help craft a tech policy he could promote if he became president.

Three months after Bush took office, he invited the whole tech advisory board to the White House to share what were to be his administration’s tech and science goals. At the White House, I saw up close how Washington’s political machinery works—and it’s been pretty consistent. Starting with Bill Clinton, the past three administrations have maintained an open communication channel with the tech community.

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Source: Fast Company

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