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" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
Megan Smith
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" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "
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" There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost. "
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" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
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" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "
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" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "
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" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "
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" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "
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" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "
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" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "
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" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "
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" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "
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" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "
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" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "
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Whatever
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" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "
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" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "
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Science
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" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "
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" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "
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" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "
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" It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down. "
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" You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. "
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" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
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" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "
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" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "
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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "
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" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "
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" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
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" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "
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" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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" The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking. "
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