A couple tidbits plucked from a story about the twilight of Jared Kushner’s political career.

Congress appears to be on the verge of creating a $500 million fund to help agencies modernize outdated information technology systems, some of which are at least 40 years old.

Sounds good, right? But wait because…

The White House has failed to name chief information officers for nine major agencies, including Defense, Treasury and Homeland Security. Even the federal chief information officer is only an acting official, and the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy is largely a ghost town.

Starve the beast 2.0, maybe?

A couple tidbits plucked from a story about the twilight of Jared Kushner’s political career.

Congress appears to be on the verge of creating a $500 million fund to help agencies modernize outdated information technology systems, some of which are at least 40 years old.

Sounds good, right? But wait because…

The White House has failed to name chief information officers for nine major agencies, including Defense, Treasury and Homeland Security. Even the federal chief information officer is only an acting official, and the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy is largely a ghost town.

Starve the beast 2.0, maybe?

Now a single company is viewed as such a shiny prize that some seem ready to wave the white flag on the whole “for the people, by the people” experiment.

Tim Wu on Net Neutrality:

In our times, the judiciary has increasingly become a majoritarian force. It alone, it seems, can prevent narrow, self-interested factions from getting the government to serve unseemly and even shameful ends. And so it falls to the judiciary to stop this latest travesty.

Not sure this claim is correct across the board, but in this case, I sure hope it is true.

Green Bay is the heaviest drinking metro area in both Wisconsin and the United States…. As is often the case in heavy drinking areas, alcohol-impaired driving appears to be a considerable problem in Green Bay. The metro area is one of only five nationwide where more than half of all driving deaths involve alcohol.

Go Packers?

Don’t be evillllllllllllocation data? Ooooh, so nice!

In an age where everything can be politicized… it may be impossible for brands to not take a position on core values.

– Norm Johnston, Mindshare/WPP

If we become the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump, we are toast.

– Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

If we become the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump, we are toast.

– Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

Troubling.