Technology Is At The Heart Of Obama’s Second-Term Management Agenda

President Obama on Monday highlighted the continuing role of technology in his second-term management reform agenda, using a televised speech to White House staff to also defend the federal workforce and nudge Congress to grant him long-sought authority to consolidate agencies to curb duplication.

“We are dealing with a government that’s not always high-tech or user-friendly,” Obama said in the State Dining Room after meeting with his Cabinet on management efficiencies. “But we have made a huge swath of your government more efficient and accountable than ever before.”