Trump signs executive order to modernize U.S. government info techWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Monday he has signed an executive order creating a new technology council to “transfer and modernize” the U.S. government’s information technology systems. A White House official confirmed Monday that about 20 technology chief executives will attend meetings at the White House in early June to talk about improving government information technology. “Americans deserve better digital services from their Government. To effectuate this policy, the federal government must transform and modernize its information technology and how it uses and delivers digital services,” Trump’s executive order dated April 28 said. Trump has held a number of meetings with top tech chief executives since becoming president, including Apple Inc, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc, IBM Corp, Microsoft Inc, and Tesla Inc. In March, Trump signed a separate order to overhaul the federal government. Trump tapped Jared Kushner in March to lead a White House Office of American Innovation to leverage business ideas and potentially privatize some government functions as the White House pushes to shrink government, cut federal employees and eliminate regulations. Officially called the American Technology Council, Chris Liddell will be its director. He is the White House director of strategic initiatives, and former Microsoft and General Motors co chief financial officer. A 2016 U.S. Government Accountability Office report publicly estimated the U.S. government spends more than $80 billion in IT annually, but said spending has fallen by $7.3 billion since 2010. In 2015, there were at least 7,000 separate IT investments by the U.S. government, the report said. The $80 billion figure does not include Defense Department classified IT systems; and 58 independent executive branch agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the report said.  The GAO report said U.S. government IT investments “are becoming increasingly obsolete: many use outdated software languages and hardware parts that are unsupported.” The report found some agencies are using systems that have components that are at least 50 years old. “The Department of Defense uses 8-inch floppy disks in a legacy system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation’s nuclear forces,” the report said. The report said the Defense Department plans to update the system by the end of September. The Treasury Department’s business master file of tax data pertaining to individual business income taxpayers dates back to the 1950s and using an antiquated computer language “and operates on an IBM mainframe.” The council is chaired by Trump and includes the defense secretary, homeland security secretary, budget director and director of national intelligence. politicsNews
trump signs executive order modernize government info techwashington reuters president donald trump announced monday signed executive order creating new technology council transfer modernize government information technology systems a white house official confirmed monday technology chief executives attend meetings white house early june talk improving government information technology americans deserve better digital services government to effectuate policy federal government must transform modernize information technology uses delivers digital services trump executive order dated april said trump held number meetings top tech chief executives since becoming president including apple inc facebook inc alphabet inc ibm corp microsoft inc tesla inc in march trump signed separate order overhaul federal government trump tapped jared pusher march lead white house office american innovation leverage business ideas potentially privatized government functions white house pushes shrink government cut federal employees eliminate regulations officially called american technology council chris liddell director he white house director strategic initiatives former microsoft general motors co chief financial officer a government accountability office report publicly estimated government spends billion it annually said spending fallen billion since in least separate it investments government report said the billion figure include defense department classified it systems independent executive branch agencies including central intelligence agency report said the gao report said government it investments becoming increasingly obsolete many use outdated software languages hardware parts the report found agencies using systems components least years old the department defense uses floppy disks legacy system coordinates operational functions nation nuclear forces report said the report said defense department plans update system end september the treasury department business master file tax data pertaining individual business income taxpayers dates back using antiquated computer language operates ibm the council chaired trump includes defense secretary homeland security secretary budget director director national intelligence politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump signs executive order to modernize U.S. government info techWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Monday he has signed an executive order creating a new technology council to “transfer and modernize” the U.S. government’s information technology systems. A White House official confirmed Monday that about 20 technology chief executives will attend meetings at the White House in early June to talk about improving government information technology. “Americans deserve better digital services from their Government. To effectuate this policy, the federal government must transform and modernize its information technology and how it uses and delivers digital services,” Trump’s executive order dated April 28 said. Trump has held a number of meetings with top tech chief executives since becoming president, including Apple Inc, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc, IBM Corp, Microsoft Inc, and Tesla Inc. In March, Trump signed a separate order to overhaul the federal government. Trump tapped Jared Kushner in March to lead a White House Office of American Innovation to leverage business ideas and potentially privatize some government functions as the White House pushes to shrink government, cut federal employees and eliminate regulations. Officially called the American Technology Council, Chris Liddell will be its director. He is the White House director of strategic initiatives, and former Microsoft and General Motors co chief financial officer. A 2016 U.S. Government Accountability Office report publicly estimated the U.S. government spends more than $80 billion in IT annually, but said spending has fallen by $7.3 billion since 2010. In 2015, there were at least 7,000 separate IT investments by the U.S. government, the report said. The $80 billion figure does not include Defense Department classified IT systems; and 58 independent executive branch agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the report said.  The GAO report said U.S. government IT investments “are becoming increasingly obsolete: many use outdated software languages and hardware parts that are unsupported.” The report found some agencies are using systems that have components that are at least 50 years old. “The Department of Defense uses 8-inch floppy disks in a legacy system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation’s nuclear forces,” the report said. The report said the Defense Department plans to update the system by the end of September. The Treasury Department’s business master file of tax data pertaining to individual business income taxpayers dates back to the 1950s and using an antiquated computer language “and operates on an IBM mainframe.” The council is chaired by Trump and includes the defense secretary, homeland security secretary, budget director and director of national intelligence. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump signs executive order modernize government info techwashington reuters president donald trump announced monday signed executive order creating new technology council transfer modernize government information technology systems a white house official confirmed monday technology chief executives attend meetings white house early june talk improving government information technology americans deserve better digital services government to effectuate policy federal government must transform modernize information technology uses delivers digital services trump executive order dated april said trump held number meetings top tech chief executives since becoming president including apple inc facebook inc alphabet inc ibm corp microsoft inc tesla inc in march trump signed separate order overhaul federal government trump tapped jared pusher march lead white house office american innovation leverage business ideas potentially privatized government functions white house pushes shrink government cut federal employees eliminate regulations officially called american technology council chris liddell director he white house director strategic initiatives former microsoft general motors co chief financial officer a government accountability office report publicly estimated government spends billion it annually said spending fallen billion since in least separate it investments government report said the billion figure include defense department classified it systems independent executive branch agencies including central intelligence agency report said the gao report said government it investments becoming increasingly obsolete many use outdated software languages hardware parts the report found agencies using systems components least years old the department defense uses floppy disks legacy system coordinates operational functions nation nuclear forces report said the report said defense department plans update system end september the treasury department business master file tax data pertaining individual business income taxpayers dates back using antiquated computer language operates ibm the council chaired trump includes defense secretary homeland security secretary budget director director national intelligence politicsnews