Come January, the Virginia Democrat will be back on familiar House ground when he’s sworn in to represent the state’s 10th District, which includes the entirety of Loudoun and Fauquier counties and parts of Fairfax, Prince Williams and Rappahanock counties.
Once seated, Subramanyam told GovExec in an interview this week that two of his priorities will be to improve the delivery of government technology and ensure the protection of civil servants and federal contractors. The 10th District is home to more than 34,000 federal employees and contractors, and boasts numerous tech company headquarters and satellite offices. Many of those jobs could be at risk if President-elect Trump makes good on promises to strip civil service protections for federal employees.
“One: I think that’s bad for our economy here in northern Virginia,” he said. “And two: If you think the government isn’t working well right now, wait until it’s falling apart because subject matter experts and career officials don’t want to be there anymore.”
A lawyer by trade, Subramanyam will be among the few true techies in Congress, having served as technology policy advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Obama. In that role, he led the White House Technology Policy Task Force and advised Obama on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, infrastructure policy, economic opportunity and other tech topics. In 2016, Subramanyam said the Obama administration examined the opportunities and ch ..
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