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@mattcutts

Former head of the webspam team at Google. Currently working for the US Digital Service in DC. Opinions are my own.

Washington, DC
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Joined March 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 1

    My 30 day challenge this month is to use to block a few time-wasting sites. Expect fewer tweets as a result. More about my 30 day challenges:

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  2. 10 hours ago

    This will be important in the coming years. So many things are going to happen at the intersection of technology and government/policy.

    Latest from me for
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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 17
    Replying to

    You know, I've had the domain for years now, and never did anything with it. I just made it a forward to your filter url, for the benefit of mankind.

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  4. 24 hours ago

    Such a helpful illustration of the power of data.

    Equally proud that is on this list and that compiled the data.
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  5. Retweeted
    Aug 21

    The Great British Baking Show, but for programmers learning new things

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  6. Retweeted
    Aug 21

    Finally getting around to applying for Global Entry and was delighted that the first step is to create an account on ! What a beautiful, seamless, easy experience. Great work by the teams at and to make these processes so much more pleasant.

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  7. Aug 20

    I've had a hot chocolate, so this day is about to get 🔥 (I don't normally have any caffeine)

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  8. Aug 19

    Really proud that millions of people are more secure because is bringing bug bounties into the government. Want government to work better for its people? Apply here:

    Hack the Marines on NBC:
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  9. Aug 17

    Ouch. A little too real.

    Still how my meetings go: You, a government person: Wonderful to meet you today, Tell me more about {things}. Me, enlightened: Great to meet you. Before you sit down, can we put in a DNS and SSL Certificate request so it's ready when we do something in 9 months? cc/
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  10. Retweeted
    Aug 16

    I had no idea how many .gov sites were built with 😮 This morning I met Anne and Michael from and learned about the cool things they're doing with React, including some open source projects like: I hear that contributions are welcome! 😁

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  11. Aug 16

    Hey product folks, some good ways to help build interoperability into things that Veterans need.

    Want to help lead the API program at the largest health care system in 🇺🇸? We are looking for product folks to grow VA’s API products (see ) Please excuse the government-y job posting words and toss us your resume! 💪🏾💻🇺🇸
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  12. Aug 16

    Cool stuff from !

    Doing DNS changes through pull requests rather than tickets brought turnaround time down from multiple days to under 10 minutes. Learn more about infrastructure as code
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  13. Aug 15

    Just wanted to say thanks to the folks who contributed stories at . Reading stuff like has been really helpful over the last few months.

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  14. Aug 14

    Screenshot editing is a useful feature of Android Pie. I also love the "lockdown" mode. Handy for locking the phone while jogging. Looking forward to "digital wellbeing" features.

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  15. Aug 14

    Veterans deserve the best care and services we can provide. Really happy to see the Department of Veterans Affairs leaning into solid improvements like this:

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  16. Aug 14

    It was exciting to see this happen yesterday.

    Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and other tech giants want to fix one of the most broken things about health care
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  17. Aug 13

    Pumpkin spice lattes! It's time for--wait, am I early?

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  18. Aug 13

    I just finished The Liminal People, a sci-fi novel about someone with healing powers, and quite liked it:

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  19. Aug 13

    People often ask me "What does the US Digital Service do?" This is a good example: helping veterans get the care they deserve.

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  20. Retweeted
    May 25

    You’re not really mad at me. You’re mad at your expectations.

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  21. Aug 12

    Some fun discussion happening right now at with me, , and

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