News Report on Canadian Digital Service and Local Startup Transforming Restaurants into Offices

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Part A
The news report titled “Canadian Digital Service takes startup approach to building better
IT for government” by Julie Ireton was covered by CBC News on December 14th, 2017. The
story describes how the Canadian Digital Service (CDS) has been started by 39-year-old data
programmer Jason White. This initiative rises as a startup for helping the federal government and
serving the nation by creating better online connections to citizens of Canada (1).
In my opinion, the article was written as a story pitched to the media. Though CDS is less
than six months old, it has the aim of growing with a fast rate. The work done by Whites is
fundamentally mission-driven. The story aims to bring into the limelight the honorable and noble
initiative CDS has taken up so that the same can get the worthy recognition.
The story under scrutiny highlights more than one news criteria, making it a suitable one
for media coverage. The story highlights the White’s plan to leave behind his alluring job at
Shopify to work with the federal government, giving a background to the mission outlined. It
further moves on to point out the organizational functioning of CDS as it operates in a non-
descript federal government building. A detailed discussed is being put up regarding the
recruitment being done to expand its system, drawing interest of those wishing to work with the
company. The story further highlights that CDS is following a government model, that aims to
address the issues existing in the previous IT models. Moving into the potential CDS holds, it has
been mentioned that CDS is focusing on small projects that are easier to be implemented and
make appreciable. Rules are being followed regarding privacy legislation and how business data
are being handled.