The Office of American Innovation (OAI) was an office within the

White House Office The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff, who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The ...

created by the

Trump administration Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York City, took office following his Electoral College victory ...

on March 27, 2017.

History

The purpose of the office was to "make recommendations to the President on policies and plans that improve Government operations and services, improve the quality of life for Americans now and in the future, and spur job creation." The Office was directed by President Trump’s son-in-law

Jared Kushner Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a pri ...

, Senior Advisor to the President. The other members, according to the founding memorandum, are the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff ( John F. Kelly at its establishment and then

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and

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), the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy ( Stephen Miller), the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (

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), the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy ( Andrew Bremberg), the Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives ( Chris Liddell), the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental and Technology Initiatives ( Brooke Rollins), the Senior Counselor to the President for Economic Initiatives (was

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- position vacant March 2018), the Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications, the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President ( Nick Ayers), and the Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary ( Derek Lyons) In July 2017, the Office's operational team consisted of Kushner, Liddell, Reed Cordish (the predecessor to Brooke Rollins), and Matt Lira. Communications were run by Josh Raffel, a former Hollywood

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executive, until February 2018, when Raffel announced his resignation from the position. In February 2018, Democracy Forward Foundation and Food & Water Watch have brought a complaint against the OAI to compel its compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. Between April 2019 to November 2020, Ja'Ron Smith served as the office's Deputy Director.

References

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