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Silicon Valley went to Washington, DC, to save the Pentagon. It got messy.

Silicon Valley Takes the Battlespace Through an obscure startup named Rebellion Defense, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempts to buy his way into the Biden White House. Days after winning the November election, Joe Biden announced the names of those staffing his transition. Big Tech landed prominent spots. Among the hundreds of personnel on the agency review teams serving the president-elect, there was one from Uber, two from Amazon, and one from Google. And then there were two people from Rebellion Defense, a shadowy defense startup. The announcement sent Washington insiders scrambling to...

Share it The incoming Biden administration is pushing ahead on transitioning IT leadership as Trump administration officials turn over letters of resignation to end their tenures.  As is "long-standing tradition," political appointees turn in letters of resignation at the end of one administration for the next administration to decide whether to accept or reject it, according to former federal CIO Tony Scott. In "99.9% of the cases ... they accept your resignation and they have somebody else to fill that role," Scott told CIO Dive in November. "I'm sure the same will be true in this turnover...

© press Former Vice President Joe Biden's deep ties to Big Tech have emerged As Big Tech continues to purge President Donald Trump and those who support him from the Internet, former Vice President Joe Biden's deep ties to the top five Silicon Valley heavyweights have emerged. Democrat Biden has picked at least 14 people who have worked at Big Tech firms behind last week's anti-conservative crackdown to serve either in his administration or to advise his transition. A chief adviser to the Biden transition team was Apple’s top lobbyist. Biden's choice for staff director in the White House ...

Over the last several weeks, Joe Biden announced his picks for the individuals who will assist with his transition or serve in his administration. While his nominations have differing backgrounds and viewpoints, many of them have one thing in common: a past of working for Big Tech firms.