State Department's One-Man Mission to Scout Silicon Valley

Nextgov: The Homeland Security and Defense departments have recently been vocal about wanting to issue technology contracts to cutting-edge commercial startups with both established formal offices in the Silicon Valley area last year.

The State Department has also been exploring ways to connect with small, private tech companies, but with significantly less publicity. Last year, the department dispatched Zvika Krieger to California to be its Silicon Valley representative. He's spent the past several months zipping between Menlo Park, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and other tech enclaves to understand how commercial products could be used in foreign policy.

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