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" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "
Megan Smith
Access
Talent
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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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" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "
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" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "
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" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "
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" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
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" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "
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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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" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
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" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "
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" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
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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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" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "
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" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "
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" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
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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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" 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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History
Know
" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "
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Million
World
Women
" 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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Internet
How
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" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "
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School
Lucky
High School
" 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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Two
Talking
Want
" It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down. "
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Lot
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Problems
" 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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Working
Person
Government
" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "
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" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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Personal
" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "
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" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "
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" Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important. "
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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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" 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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