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Gavin Newsom: “We inherited these old Cobalt systems that you highlight…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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In-Studio Discussion with Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom on 'Abundance' and Democratic Governance

Published | Video Starts at 41:56

We did the original doge, we call it odi, which is the Office of Digital Innovation, which is now Office of Data Innovation. We're trying to change the entire procurement framework. We inherited these old Cobalt systems that you highlight from 1959 and these IBM mainframes from the 1980s. All of that creates a stress on the system. And so it's not easy overnight to fix it. But the emergency mindset and I think the break the glass point you're making is for Democrats right now. (41:56–42:04)

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