INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “President Donald Trump announced on Monday [5-1-17] he has signed an executive order creating a new technology council to ‘transfer and modernize’ the U.S. government’s information technology systems.
A White House official confirmed Monday that about 20 technology chief executives will attend meetings at the White House in early June to talk about improving government information technology.
‘Americans deserve better digital services from their Government. To effectuate this policy, the federal government must transform and modernize its information technology and how it uses and delivers digital services,’ Trump’s executive order dated April 28 said.”
-David Shepardson, “Trump signs executive order to modernize U.S. government info tech,” Reuters, May 1, 2017 11:54am