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Trump Appoints Airbnb's Gebbia to Lead Design Overhaul of US Government
The US government is getting a design makeover!
President Trump has hired Airbnb's co-founder, Joe Gebbia, to lead a new team that will redesign how you use government websites.
The goal is to make these sites easier to use and look better.
This team, called the National Design Studio, will help make things simpler, especially for things like the IRS.
They're trying to fix digital problems and will work for about three years to make the government's online presence more user-friendly.
This comes after a previous similar project was shut down.
President Trump appointed Joe Gebbia as Chief Design Officer.
Gebbia will lead the National Design Studio.
The studio aims to improve the usability of federal digital services.
The initiative will standardize design systems across government websites.
This follows the dismantling of the Department of Government Efficiency.
- Who
- Donald Trump and Joe Gebbia
- What
- Establishment of National Design Studio with Joe Gebbia as Chief Design Officer.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Thursday, August 21
- Why
- To improve the usability of federal digital services.
Key facts
- New Role
- Chief Design Officer (CDO)
- Agency
- National Design Studio
- CDO Appointee
- Joe Gebbia (Airbnb Co-founder)
- Focus
- Improving federal digital services
- Duration
- 3 years
Quotes
Donald Trump
US President
“There is a high financial cost to maintaining legacy systems, to say nothing of the cost in time lost by the American public trying to navigate them. It is time to fill the digital potholes across our Nation.”
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