Recode Decode: Matt Cutts

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Matt Cutts, the acting administrator of the U.S. Digital Service, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how his team is trying to modernize government agencies and make services like Medicare and veterans’ benefits more user-friendly. Cutts spent nearly 17 years working at Google before he joined the USDS under President Obama, but says that the organization’s mission has not changed under President Trump, and its work has remained nonpartisan. He explains how even simple technological tweaks — like a progress bar or web forms — can make a huge difference for the beneficiaries of the USDS’s work, and shares his pitch for an ambitious goal that would make everyone’s life easier: “Get rid of the paper.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks to Zippercuder, the presenting sponsor of ReCoDecode.
0:03.8	You know it's not smart, using FaceTime in a movie theater.
0:06.9	You know it is smart, hiring with Zippercuder.
0:09.8	Zippercuder's powerful technology scans thousands of resumes to find people with the right
0:13.9	experience for your job.
0:15.7	It's so effective that 80% of employers who post on Zippercuder get a quality candidate
0:19.8	through the site in just one day.
0:21.9	My listeners can try it for free at zippercuder.com slash decode.
0:26.1	Hi, I'm Karris Wischer, Editor-large at ReCoDecode.
0:35.6	You may know me as the person who does tech support for Donald Trump, but in my spare time,
0:39.7	I talk tech and you're listening to ReCoDecode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:45.4	Today in the red chair is Matt Cuts, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Digital Service.
0:50.3	His part of the executive branch that describes itself as the tech startup working to deliver
0:54.2	better services to the American people.
0:56.5	Matt previously worked at Google for 17 years where I knew him, where he led the team that
1:01.3	fought against spam.
1:03.1	Matt, welcome to ReCoDecode.
1:04.9	Thank you so much for having me.
1:05.9	So you need to clear some things up.
1:07.1	I just was talking to you before this.
1:08.3	I want to understand what acting means and where we are because you came to explain your
1:13.2	history.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.