Jared Kushner asks major tech firms to help White House: Report

Published August 4, 2017 12:45am ET



Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Trump, asked major firms, including Apple and Google, on Thursday to help the government better utilize technology, according to a report.

During a private phone call, Kushner and members of the White House Office of American Innovation, which Kushner leads, asked the tech giants for help, possibly through a system of “tours of duty” in which tech engineers offer advice to the U.S. government, Recode reported.

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