California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a new initiative known as the "California Breakthrough Project" to improve public services and strengthen ties with the private sector.
Project Goals
The main objectives of the project are as follows:
* Encouraging collaboration between state-level decision-makers and experts from the technology, business and innovation sectors. * Identifying systematic inefficiencies in the government's processes, services and technology and providing innovative solutions. * Creating new competition and project models based in California to develop modern solutions. * Maintaining public transparency, worker and civil society participation, and ethical safeguards throughout the innovation process.
Participants and Events
The project's working group held its first meeting at Ripple's San Francisco headquarters on June 6. Joining the meeting were senior executives from technology companies like Instacart, Snapchat, and Anduril Technologies, along with prominent angel investor Ron Conway.
Main Areas of Work
The project is designed to enhance the efficiency of public institutions and create new forms of cooperation between government and private entities.
The "California Breakthrough Project" aims to modernize public services and improve collaboration among various sectors of the economy, including technology and business.
