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The White House wants to poach 500 elite tech recruits from companies like Google and Facebook by the end of 2016 - here's how they plan to do it
The White House wants to poach 500 elite tech recruits from companies like Google and Facebook by the end of 2016 - here's how they plan to do it
Rachel GillettNov 15, 2015, 02:24 IST
Jon Gertner, Hillary Hartley, Todd Park, Haley Van Dyck, and Lisa Gelobter talk about Washington's new tech coalition during the Fast Company Innovation Festival.Celine Grouard for Fast Company
Washington wants to overhaul its tech scene and bring it into the 21st century - and it's recruiting the country's top tech talent to do it.
Since President Barack Obama mandated the government's tech overhaul, 250 tech recruits have been hired, Park says, and 75 more are on their way.
How do they plan to do it? They're using Silicon Valley hiring tactics to find people as driven by the mission as they are.
Todd Park is the former US chief technology officer and is the White House tech advisor.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Recruits come from all over Silicon Valley: Josh Miller, formerly a product manager at Facebook, is now director of product at The White House, while David Recordon, who was Facebook's engineering director, serves as the White House's director of information technology. And Mikey Dickerson, administrator of the USDS, is an ex-Google engineer.
