Yes. What's really worked for GDS is having some political clout. You can assemble the best technical team in the world, but if they don't have the ability to p

Yes. What's really worked for GDS is having some political clout. You can assemble the best technical team in the world, but if they don't have the ability to push back hard against some of the entrenched resistance to change in most government departments then they can't achieve anything. I hope the US DS is similarly well endowed with political might.