Nick Sinai: Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks

January 21, 2015 — “One of President Obama’s guests at this year’s State of the Union address was Kathy Pham, a health IT expert formerly of Google and IBM. Pham recently joined the federal government to make it easier for veterans to access the benefits they have earned – like her brother, who earned a Purple Heart for his service in Afghanistan. Kathy is exactly what this country needs. Uncle Sam needs more geeks.” Nick Sinai, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, writes about the urgent need for more tech workers in the U.S. government in TechCrunch. Read more…