Govtech: Sources inside 18F have said that the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service has tried to defund the program, while a few federal CIOs called for more transparency from 18F.

About a month ago, two staff members from the GSA.gov development team approached 18F, asking how they could add FBOpen’s search capabilities into the GSA’s mobile Web site.

18F served a unique role as an in-house digital consultancy for the U.S. government, drawing on innovative strategies to improve public service through technology.

Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts . Employees at the federal tech unit 18F say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back.

The 18F program combines this expertise into cross-functional teams that work with agency partners “to conduct discovery, refine the goals of their digital products, prototype, navigate procurements ...

But on the public side, it gives much insight into the inner working and build of 18F, and that’s where it aligns with the team’s transparency mission. The Hub also uses a system of ” Snippets,” which ...

But 18F seeks to remedy that, by creating a fail-safe environment and establishing a culture change that reduces the negative connotation associated with failure. “When you think of it as learning and ...

18F and USDS have divergent goals (getting on the front page, versus not getting on the front page), but there’s more than that. I’d break the difference in approaches down to three key value ...

Titled Evaluation of 18F’s Information Technology Security Compliance, the report was released Tuesday, Feb. 21, and the investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Office of Inspections and ...

Given 18F’s enthusiasm for Slack bots, it may come as no surprise that the agency has hacked Slackbot, the communication platform’s generic assistant bot, to help make staff language habits a little ...

18F staff describe the group’s mission and work. For example, 18F supported the Internal Revenue Service in creating IRS Direct File, a free online tax filing tool that provides taxpayers with a ...