Marines practice for the arrival of Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela to the White House Monday. From upgrading slow, outdated websites to streamlining how veterans receive their health benefits, the administration wants to hear ideas from leaders including Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Amazon chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos (who also owns The Washington Post), Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google's parent, Alphabet. Like the Obama administration, Trump's White House has been looking for ways to use technology to streamline government and supercharge its features for citizens. With many of the companies in the room having pioneered data-driven business practices, the White House hopes some of that expertise will rub off. But many in the tech industry appear to disagree, particularly rank-and-file employees who have called for strong public denunciations of the administration's climate change stance.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2017 15:30 UTC