8 posts and columns on Andrew McLaughlin

Longtime Google Policy Guy Andrew McLaughlin Headed to Tumblr

in Social on December 5, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Andrew McLaughlin, who led global public policy at Google for five years and was deputy CTO in the Obama administration, joined Tumblr today as executive vice president.
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Is the State Department's Tweeter-in-Chief Headed to Google?

in News on July 23, 2010 at 8:54 am PT

Jared Cohen, who has gained fame as the State Department’s social networking phenom and the youngest member of its policy planning staff, is considering taking a job at Google in a strategic policy role, said several sources close to the situation. Cohen has been in discussions with Google recently about going there, those sources said, although it is not a done deal. In other words, the revolving door between D.C. and Silicon Valley keeps on turning, especially Googlers.

Google: Obama Advisor Chats Through the Back Door

in News on May 19, 2010 at 10:20 am PT

One of President Obama’s top technology advisors, deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin, a former head of public policy at Google, exchanged emails with the search giant regarding government business, the Washington Post reports this morning, citing internal White House emails and a statement by an Office of Science and Technology Policy spokesperson.

Google Buzz Exposes White House Deputy CTO (And Ex-Googler)

in Social on March 30, 2010 at 12:18 pm PT

This is pretty funny. Among the many Gmail subscribers to have their private contacts exposed in the Google Buzz privacy fiasco was Andrew McLaughlin, the Obama administration’s deputy chief technology officer and Google’s former head of global public policy.

Another Googler Joins the Obama Administration–Now We've Got a Foursome!

in News on February 3, 2010 at 5:01 am PT

It will be like they never left the Googleplex in Silicon Valley if this Washington, D.C., invasion of execs from the search giant keeps up. The fourth new geek in town is Sumit Agarwal, who was head of Google’s mobile product management and has become the deputy assistant secretary of defense for outreach and social media in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. It’s interesting to see so many key appointments in the tech arena going to one company, especially one so immersed now in national and international policy issues.

China’s “New Approach” to Google: Bai-Bai

in News on January 14, 2010 at 6:15 am PT

Whether it’s an act of moral bravery or the first step in a commercial retreat it had been planning anyway, Google’s “new approach to China” isn’t going to fly with that country’s government. Beijing clearly has no intention of granting Google’s request to allow unfiltered Internet searches.
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Ex-Googler's New White House Job Rankles Some

in News on June 3, 2009 at 3:01 pm PT

Andrew McLaughlin’s departure from Google to the Obama administration has prompted a little grumbling among some consumer advocates and the search giant’s corporate foes. Mr. McLaughlin, who was Google’s head of global public policy and government affairs, is leaving Silicon Valley for Washington, D.C., to become a deputy to Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, who’s in charge of advancing the president’s tech agenda.