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advice and recommendations on effective strategies for the implementation of the best business practices on matters related to

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's management and operations, with focus on productivity, the implementation of innovative methods, customer service, and technology. The board will be chaired by former Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Director Jeffrey Zients as part of the

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of the Executive Office. On March 10, 2011, board appointees were announced, including Greg Brown, president and chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions, Inc.; Sam Gilliland, Chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings; Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks; Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO of Adobe Systems, Inc.; and Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO of Cummins, Inc. The board was formed by by President

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in 2010 and intended to complement the President's Management Council, the interagency management and reform group also of the Executive branch created by the

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in 1993. The board grew out of a January 2010

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gathering that included the founders of Craigslist, Facebook, Adobe Systems, Microsoft, J Crew, Rosetta Stone, and Yelp! who were invited by Obama to share their tips on making the government more customer-friendly. The Board may have been abolished during 2017, and some functions were apparently moved to the Trump administration's new

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.Jason Miller
Trump’s new innovation office strikes a familiar chord
''FederalNewsRadio.com'', 17 April 2017

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