article_snippet.sent: Google executives and employees donated more than $1.6 million to President Barack Obama's two the White House campaigns, and the online search giant parachuted top talent into both.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, according to The Wall Street Journal, Google spent $16.8 million on lobbying last year.
article_snippet.sent: In a blog post, Google cited 'patent reform, STEM education, self-driving cars, mental health, advertising, Internet censorship, smart contact lenses, civic innovation, R&D, cloud computing, trade and investment, cyber security, energy efficiency and our workplace benefit policies.'
article_snippet.sent: this week the president's new initiative linking global warming with public health includes a specific buy-in from Google.
article_snippet.sent: Google, the White House says, will 'donate ten million hours of high-performance computing' and help scientists to create 'early warning capabilities' for climate change-related disasters and related risks for diseases.
article_snippet.sent: Some of that work could conceivably be performed by former White House staff who have joined Google, just as the president counts several former Google executives among the president advisers.
article_snippet.sent: Poaching seasoned Google veterans is a maneuver the Obama White House has perfected.
highlights_snippet.sent: Google employees donated $1.6 million to President Barack Obama's two White House bids .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Google execs who have left to work in the White House include President Barack Obama's chief technology officer .
  