washington president donald trump announce monday sign executive order create new technology council transfer modernize u.s. government information technology systems white house official confirm monday 20 technology chief executives attend meet white house early june talk improve government information technology americans deserve good digital service government effectuate policy federal government must transform modernize information technology use deliver digital service trump executive order date april 28 say trump hold number meet top tech chief executives since become president include apple inc facebook inc alphabet inc ibm corp microsoft inc tesla inc. march trump sign separate order overhaul federal government trump tap jar kushner march lead white house office american innovation leverage business ideas potentially privatize government function white house push shrink government cut federal employees eliminate regulations officially call american technology council chris liddell director white house director strategic initiatives former microsoft general motor co chief financial officer 2016 u.s. government accountability office report publicly estimate u.s. government spend 80 billion annually say spend fall 7.3 billion since 2010 2015 least 7,000 separate investments u.s. government report say 80 billion figure include defense department classify systems 58 independent executive branch agencies include central intelligence agency report say gao report say u.s. government investments become increasingly obsolete many use outdated software languages hardware part unsupported report find agencies use systems components least 50 years old department defense use 8-inch floppy disk legacy system coordinate operational function nation nuclear force report say report say defense department plan update system end september treasury department business master file tax data pertain individual business income taxpayers date back 1950s use antiquate computer language operate ibm mainframe council chair trump include defense secretary homeland security secretary budget director director national intelligence trump sign executive order modernize u.s. government info tech