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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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" 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? "

Megan Smith

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Country

" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "

" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "

" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "

" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "

" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "

" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "

" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "

" The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. "

" It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases. "

" 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. "

" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "

" I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. "

" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "

" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "

" 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. "

" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "

Megan Smith

Hand

Beginning

" 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. "

" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "

" 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. "

" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "