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Private sector executives on Thursday let Obama cabinet deputy secretaries learn the secret behind their success: technology-driven operations.

Federal chief performance officer Jeffrey Zients announced that the mentorships will continue. He asked the execs to take calls from the deputy secretaries next week and debrief them on the lessons they should have learned. And he said he hopes the feds will become comfortable enough with their private sector counterparts to call whenever they need advice. Zients added that within 30 days the administration will post online an implementation plan to execute the ideas generated during Thursday's exchanges.