President Barack Obama will on Tuesday meet with leaders of Google, Apple, Facebook and more of the world's biggest technology companies to talk about how to improve the White House's much-maligned online health insurance marketplace, Healthcare.gov.
The president will reportedly discuss ways to boost the site's efficiency and capacity, according to Reuters. They will also touch on national security, the impact of intelligence leaks on the American economy and how the tech sector can be used to create jobs and reduce social inequality.
The meeting comes after critics have railed against the bugs and glitches of Healthcare.gov since it launched on Oct. 1. It also follows a recent open letter concerning government surveillance written by many of the companies who will attend the meeting and directed at the president and Congress.
The letter, cosigned by Microsoft, Yahoo and more, stated: "The undersigned companies believe that it is time for the world’s governments to address the practices and laws regulating government surveillance of individuals and access to their information."
From the looks of the agenda, it appears the president has agreed to hear privacy concerns in exchange for insight into the shortcomings of the online rollout of his administration's signature law.
Below is a list of the executives who will attend Tuesday's exchange of ideas.
Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google
Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo
Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
Chad Dickerson, CEO, Etsy
Reed Hastings, Co-Founder & CEO, Netflix
Drew Houston, Founder & CEO, Dropbox
Burke Norton, Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce
Mark Pincus, Founder, Chief Product Officer & Chairman, Zynga
Shervin Pishevar, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Sherpa Global
Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast
Erika Rottenberg, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, LinkedIn
Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft
Randall Stephenson, Chairman & CEO, AT&T
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