Cybersecurity struggle

The partisan squabbling on Capitol Hill often precludes lawmakers from acting as quickly as the speedy iPhones and self-driving cars that they’re supposed to help regulate. It has also paved a digital fast lane of sorts for President Barack Obama. Some of the most pressing technology issues in Washington -- from the security of the country’s networks to the way government handles patents or hires tech experts -- are being adjudicated predominately by the White House, an unavoidable go-it-alone approach in debates that matter to tech giants in Silicon Valley and profit-makers on Wall Street.