More tech executives than tech critics on Biden's transition team

By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Far more executives from technology companies than outspoken tech critics were named to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Tuesday, offering clues on who will decide on filling key roles and ultimately influence his administration's thinking in coming years.
Tech companies have been trying to strengthen their relationship with a future Biden administration to ensure they have a voice in an onslaught of federal and state investigations of their business practices.
The Biden transition team released a list of agency review teams on Tuesday.
Amazon.com Inc's Tom Sullivan, an executive on the public policy team, will be part of Biden's group reviewing appointments to the Department of State. Similarly, Mark Schwartz from Amazon's cloud computing arm, who is also a former Obama administration ...


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