In America, the best and the brightest typically work for private enterprise, because private enterprise can provide that virtually unlimited upside in regards to money, perks, stock options, hours of work, challenges, fellow associates, flexibility, and advancement; whereas, governmental jobs are too often mired in crushing bureaucracy and cannot hope to compete in monetary compensation.
However, government, and not just the American government, doesn't need the best and the brightest to work for them, as unlike public corporations for profit that have stockholders and a Board of Directors to respond to, quarterly earnings to meet or exceed, the government, on the other hand, essentially has access to unlimited budgets and resources, as long as the government has a compelling need for something. In addition, the government has all the legal resources on their side, the laws, the rules and regulations, the taxation, and so forth, so that it isn't in the best interests of any corporation to get on the wrong side of what the government of American believes is best for the government of America.
This means, by hook or by crook, voluntarily or with the whip, hi-tech corporations, no matter how they present it to the compliant press, have to, if they are sensible, work with the government. The government, is not foolish, they care not how corporations come to the table, just as long as they do come to the table, nor does it matter much to the government, how long or how difficult that road is, just as long as they get what they want, and the government's offer, no matter how it is structured, is always lucrative for those at the upper echelons of corporations, very, very lucrative.
The government needs the state-of-the-art tools that hi-technology has and creates, and cares not how they get access to them: as a partner, as a buyer, or as an user, it doesn't much matter, just as long as they get a hold of these tools, and are always given that unmerited privilege. In addition, the government wants information, all data, and whether receiving access to this information is spun as a service to the nation, or for the security of the nation, or as an adjunct to stop terrorism in all of its many forms, it doesn't much matter, as long as the government gets what it wants.
While there are some hi-tech companies that treat government pressure in all of its many forms, as something that impedes upon their freedom and their rights, and thereby actively opposes such intrusion, these companies, are almost with exception, privately held corporations, not public. Public corporations are well aware of the quid pro quo that is necessary for their company to unfairly benefit at the expense of other companies, all in exchange for something that can be negotiated in a manner that each side gives a little, in order for each side to gain.
The problem with the cozying up of hi-tech corporations with government, is the problem that you have, when the government is able to without proper oversight or even acknowledgment, monitor its private citizens activities and actions, with a comprehensive surveillance system of all public space, and by virtue of the standard hi-tech equipment that most citizens utilize on an everyday basis, also have the comprehensive surveillance system of all private space. Unfortunately, for private citizens, hi-technology has sold them out, lock, stock, and smoking barrel.