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the federal government so when it comes to i.t., how we procure it, purchase it. true on a whole range of things. >> your supporters say you had a great campaign website. how did you not be able to do this? >> i'm not constrained by a bunch of federal procurement rules and how we write specifications and how the whole thing gets built out. so part of what i'm going to be looking at is how do we across the board, across the federal government, leap into the 21st century. >> set aside the whole private sector versus government, sounded sometimes like a conservative argument, versus a liberal argument, but the truth is the problem goes much deeper and it has its roots in his first term in office. back in 2010 the administration put a hold on some $3 billion worth of tech projects in an attempt to reduce costs and improve functionality. officials said rules for obtaining government contracts were outdated and weren't necessarily getting the best