Silicon Valley representatives of U.S. government agencies have been meeting regularly since a daylong retreat at the home of Todd Park, the former U.S. chief technology officer.
“Even though we have vastly different portfolios, people in Silicon Valley see us all as ‘the government,’ so we need to have some level of coordination amongst ourselves,” Zvika Krieger, the State Department representative to Silicon Valley, told Devex.
Last month, President-elect Donald Trump gathered tech leaders for an intimate summit in New York City, but it remains to be seen what his presidency will mean for U.S. government engagement with Silicon Valley, which has been a priority for U.S. President Barack Obama.