New Office of American Innovation Just Might Work

April 10, 2017, 5:49 PM UTC

The newly established Office of American Innovation led by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump, could do a lot of good for government, so long as it puts agency expertise on par with business acumen, former government managers in the Obama administration told Bloomberg BNA.

“There are really powerful tools at the disposal of the president, but the concern I have is people with no experience in government aren’t going to know what they are,” Dan Tangherlini, former administrator of the General Services Administration, said.

Trump, in a sparsely worded memorandum on March 27, established the new office, naming ...

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