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Obama Meets With Tech CEOs In White House

By TechTaffy Desk

obama_tech_ceos_meetingPresident Barack Obama and Joe Biden met with executives from leading tech companies on Tuesday. According to a statement from the White House, the group discussed a number of issues of shared importance to the federal government and the tech sector, including the progress being made to improve performance and capacity issues with HeathCare.Gov.

The group also discussed the challenges surrounding federal IT procurement, as well as the national security and economic impacts of unauthorized intelligence disclosures.

[Image courtesy: The White House]

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