Clay Johnson

Department of Better Technology

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Former Presidential Innovation Fellow and co-founder of the digital firm Blue State Digital, which played a role in President Obama’s 2008 campaign. He’s now CEO of the Department of Better Technology, which works on government-related software.

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President Obama conceded today that  HealthCare.gov , the Obamacare website, is not working the way it’s supposed to.

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President Obama conceded today that HealthCare.gov , the Obamacare website, is not working the way it’s supposed to.

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