00:00Many of our federal systems are decades old, with our 10 oldest being between 39 and 56
00:06years old.
00:08The Department of Defense, for example, still uses 8-inch floppy disks on some of its legacy
00:13systems.
00:15The 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act, designed to make government more efficient, but also
00:20established before the government used computers, still has domain over every forum published
00:25online.
00:26This requires a six-month review and a rigorous interagency process to approve any changes
00:32that can be made on a government website, regardless of how minor they are.
00:37This traps thousands of processes and paperwork and prevents routine improvements, optimization,
00:44and often innovation.
00:47The VA has 532 forms on vets.gov, the majority of which are not accessible by modern browsers.
00:54Most services still use paper forms, including 90% of healthcare applications and 86% of claims.
01:03Our veterans deserve better, and that's what we are going to deliver.
01:07Civilian agencies maintain over 1.6 million email addresses via on-premise servers, which
01:14are maintained by over 40 different contracts, paying on average $20 per user per month.
01:22Agencies that have migrated to cloud-based email have seen these costs reduced to as little
01:27as $3 per user.
01:30Our goal here is simple.
01:32We are here to improve the day-to-day lives of the average citizen.
01:36That's a core promise, and we are keeping it.
01:39Together, we will unleash the creativity of the private sector to provide citizen services
01:46in a way that has never happened before.
01:48We will foster a new set of startups focused on GovTech and be the global leader in the field,
01:55making government more transparent and responsive to citizens' needs.
01:59Thank you very much.
