Government and Technology

Readings

• Dante Disparte and Tomicah Tillemann, “To Move Forward, Federal IT Infrastructure Needs Resiliency”, 2021.
• Frank Nagle, “Digital infrastructure is more than just broadband: What the US can learn from Europe’s open source technology policy study”, 2021.
• Brian Naylor, “‘The Fifth Risk’ Paints A Portrait Of A Government Led By The Uninterested”, 2018.
• Technology and Operations Management at Harvard University, “The Failed Launch Of www.HealthCare.gov”, 2016.
• Kim Zetter, “Of Course Congress Is Clueless About Tech—It Killed Its Tutor”, 2016.
• (Skim) Kearney, “IT infrastructure: pillar of digital government”, 2015.

Discussion Questions

1. Do you think there should be a centralized agency that handles technology delivery?
2. What challenges do you think could arise while working in government and how do you think they could be overcome?
3. If you were to join government as a career technologist, what would you change?

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