. >> megan smith is the chief technology officer anointed by president obama last fall to apply techas to government programs. for instance, her team helped develop a new ebola suit easier to remove with a zipper in the back. how different is the culture of washington from silicon valley? >> it's almost a little more academic versus corporate. there's not a ceo-type style of being in charge. >> smith comes from google-x which has developed ideas like the drone delivery systems. >> we call them moonshots, just like kennedy. we choose to go to the moon. >> she says she wants to transfer that approach to government. what is san boxin? >> it it is like it sounds. >> tech officials play with ideas like new uses for unmanned aerial vehicles. >> somewhere in our future the jets are the future but we are not there yet. we are playing with the idea of delivering critical medical devices but a uad or looking at crops from a morn devicemoving device. we would never teach them not to write when we teach them to read. but we often teach them math science and other things without history of making

you heard megan smith this morning talk about this issue. unless we can talk about -- get our culture reenergized about inventing, working hard at things that matter, we are going to become what we deserve to become. >> the basic idea is how you create a demand for science education. >> and set up with a single goal. create demand, particularly among women and minorities, to excel at something that could be a career choice for them. we claim we have a job shortage in this country. that is not true. we have a skill shortage. i have a company with 600 engineers. i have 100 openings. every tech company i know would kill to get more people. we do not -- go around any major university with air doing genomics nanotechnology. everybody is desperately looking for smart people. technology has moved so quickly. and unfortunately, our education system has not kept up with it. we are seeing a problem. i think the political rhetoric is insulting. we need jobs for kids. toby gets up wanting a job. we want to career. something exciting. kids should expect

chief technology officer megan smith also spoke at the 2014 washington ideas forum. before joining the obama administration, she served as a vice president at google. she's interdo interviewed for about 20 minutes. >> wow. this is quite a crowd. i can sense she actually doesn't want to spend this time trashing blackberries a great silicon valley tradition. i may skip that question. one thing i guess i did want to start on. the white house -- it was in the post today -- that the white house network had been breached again, which made we wonder, are the technologists here and their contractors, will they ever make products that are as good as gmail or should they just give up and switch to the stuff that's getting built out there? >> the technology teams here are fabulous as cto, i don't oversee those. i'm aware of the issues that are going on that, you know, attack not only places like the white house but companies where i've worked before, et cetera. so the main thing there is there is a great team working on this. and they're working through it. we'll see where that

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>>> megan smith says american women are actually going backwards. more women got computer science degrees 30 years ago than do today. she's determined to get more girls involved in math and science. >>> now this program note. next weep we'll have an exclusive interview with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey. that's it for today. have a great week. we'll see you next "fox news sunday." discover the champion in you! . . (applause) well, god bless you and welcome to lakewood. it's a joy to come into your homes each week. thanks so much for being with us. and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thank you for tuning in and thanks again for coming out. i like to start with something funny. and i heard about this older woman. she came to church one sunday morning and a friendly usher met her in the back and said, "ma'am, where would you like to sit?" she said, "i'd like to sit on the very front row." he said "oh no, ma'am, you don't wa

. >> megan smith says she got an early start from mandatory science fairs at her school.part of a team that raceded a solar car across australia. >> at night we would go and sneak in and build our car at night and then go to sleep for a little while and then go to class. >> now she faces her toughest challenge. try to turn government agencies more into tech startups. >> you set a goal way out there, but you start, what's a problem in the world worth solving what's a technology that sounds a lot like science fiction but it just might work. >> megan smith says american women are actually going backwards in technology. more women got computer science degrees four years ago than do today. she's determined to get more girls involved in math and science. now this program note. nextal next week we'll have an interview with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey. that's it for today. we'll see you on the next "fox news sunday." >>> an emotional goodbye for the second police officer murdered in new york city. hello, everyone. i'm julie baderas, and this is the fo

megan smith is the white house's chief technology officer. the first woman to hold the position. she previously served as vp for google's experimental tech division. today at a tech policy conference in washington smith specifically pointed to the absence of women in the movie "jobs," about the late apple co-founder. in the early days, smith said there were numerous women, but they're missing in the film. she says it's a common problem in movies about the tech industry. smith told the audience when women and minorities don't see themselves represented on screen, it makes it harder to see themselves in the tech industry. >>> it's certainly hard to ignore the rise of women in comedy. today, four women were announced as the leads in a remake of "ghostbusters." >> can you believe they're making another one? the director made the announcement on twitter today with this pick. that's christian wiig and melissa mccarthy on the top, both work with him in "bridesmaids." >> two current members of "saturday night live," kate mckinnon and leslie jones. the reboot will honor the 1984 classic b

he will be here today with somebody who i'm delighted to introduce, megan smith our current chief technology officer. and i'll have to say i've known megan since the '80s. we were in nursely school or something. i don't know what it was. i can safely report that even as an m.i.t. under grad, she was a bit of a legend and that legend has only grown. she has incredible street cred in sill doan valley. did a long tour of duty as vice president at google. and she's somebody who has almost unnatural ability to think creatively about big technology problems think creatively about their solutions and match the people who can make those solutions happen. she's a perfect person for this role. the president has been very lucky to lure her here to take this on. we're very lucky to have her here in washington. and i'm excited to see what she's going to do with it. so please join me in being welcoming the country's first chief technology officer interviewing our current keynote speaker, speaker, the current chief technology officer. [ applause ] >> good morning. and thank you all for joining on this exci

for example, the new cto, megan smith, used to be the vp in charge of business development at this company beginning with g. i'm sure you can think of it. if not, you can look it up online. >> i can google it? >> you may have to google it. that kind of intimacy i find very troubling. >> why? >> because google has an agenda. it is one of the two or three most powerful companies in the world. if obama surrounded himself for instance, with the u.s. for ford , in transportation. people would have a problem with that. google has an agenda. it has an agenda on network neutrality. they are the owner of youtube. it is not surprising they are hostile to the idea of paying extra because youtube is one of the biggest accusers of broadband on the web. i am a fan of obama. i am not a u.s. citizen so i don't vote and if i did vote, i would have voted for obama. i am politically aggressive -- supportive. but i am troubled by the way in which obama and this company beginning with g and a certain other companies are a little too intimate. after the last election when obama made the announcement to that he

chief technology officer megan smith discussing the cause of her office and representative cathy mcmorris rodgers on how congress uses social media. this is about one hour 50 minutes. >> we are going to get going. thank you to everybody who braved the weather. in a lot of school closings so folks have to deal with child care issues. we are live streaming thanks to the internet society. c-span is here today. a lot of ways for this to get out. on youtube we will be showing the video and the audio at a later date. thank you for showing up. state of the net is a community effort. i'm happy you made it here and we are ready to go. on your agenda, you should see the person speaking should be jerry berman the founder of the internet education foundation, which organizes and produces the state of the net. along with other events. the congressional app challenge and several other projects. jerry lives in a cabin and west virginia and he never got out of that cabin. he sends his regrets. jerry created the internet education foundation ago with a lot of folks in this room to the a neutral platform.

chief technology officer megan smith also spoke at the 2014 washington ideas forum. before joining the obama administration, she served as a vice president at google. she's interdo interviewed for about 20 minutes. >> wow. this is quite a crowd. i can sense she actually doesn't want to spend this time trashing blackberries a great silicon valley tradition. i may skip that question. one thing i guess i did want to start on. the white house -- it was in the post today -- that the white house network had been breached again, which made we wonder, are the technologists here and their contractors, will they ever make products that are as good as gmail or should they just give up and switch to the stuff that's getting built out there? >> the technology teams here are fabulous as cto, i don't oversee those. i'm aware of the issues that are going on that, you know, attack not only places like the white house but companies where i've worked before, et cetera. so the main thing there is there is a great team working on this. and they're working through it. we'll see where that

chris smith has been a long time advocate of human rights and sponsor of the internatial megan's law which cracks down on the practice of sex tourism and sponsor of the human trafficing priorityization act. and with that i will yield three minutes to the good representative from new jersey. mr. smith: i thank my good friend and the leadership she has demonstrated. as judge poe has said so well we are leading the fight to combat human trafficking with a zerhoo toll ran rans policy. we will fight human trafficking. as the i'm author as well as re-authorization of the law in 2008 and 2005 i believe the bills under consideration by the house today and tomorrow will prevent the horrific trimes of human trafficking and aid the prosecution of those who exploit and abuse. special thanks to our republican leadership, especially conference chair and kevin mccarthy who made this a priority for the house and hopefully that will be extended to the senate and the president will follow the lead. when i first introduced the act in 1998 the legislation was met with a wall of skepticism and opposition

again, i commend chairman smith for his work on this bipartisan legislation and i encourage members to support passage of h.r. 515, the international megan's law, to prevent demand for child sex trafficking. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: e gentleman yields back. allime having expired, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 515? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. royce: mr. speaker, i have one more measure here that we've brought before the desk, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 352. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 357 a bill to amend the trafficking victims' protection act of 2000 to expand the training for federal government personnel related to trafficing in persons and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from californi