Much has been made of the federal government’s attempts to attract top-flight tech talent from Silicon Valley. Over the past few years, the Obama administration has launched two teams of digital fixers -- the 18F team at the General Services Administration and the White House’s U.S. Digital Service team -- staffed with Facebook, Google and Apple alumni.
But the next phase of the strategy to inculcate innovative digital practices in the halls of government might be to focus on the smartest people already in the room.
