Topic: Us Digital Service

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A.Q. in the Maghrim
Episode 742 47:47 - 51:14

742: A.Q. in the Maghrim

US Digital Service and Tech Volunteers

President Obama describes the creation of the U.S. Digital Service, a team of tech experts from Google and Facebook who "volunteer" to fix government IT systems. The hosts criticize the administration for relying on volunteers in t-shirts to fix critical infrastructure while spending billions on defense contractors. They question why the government doesn't simply hire and pay competent staff.