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.

I n September, we reported on a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from VX-9 "Vampires" showcasing an unprecedented air-to-air loadout, featuring four CATM-174B, three CATM-120, and two CATM-9X ...

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.

Without 18F staff to continue the work, many of these projects are now in jeopardy, former agency workers told me; current efforts under way, such as with weather.gov, will likely cease or face ...

The GSA's tech unit, known as the 18F office, employed a team of researchers, website designers and product managers. It's unclear exactly how many workers were impacted.

The 18F employees cited an internal meeting in early February in which Mr. Shedd, they said, had “acknowledged that the group is the ‘gold standard’ of civic technologists,” and ...

The 18F office was deemed “non-critical,” wrote Thomas Shedd, director of GSA’s Technology Transformation Services to staff at the time of its dismantling.

A RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet conducted a successful live firing of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) off the coast of California in February.

Another shot of the F/A-18F “Vandy 1” with the heavy air-to-air loadout. (Image credit: @point_mugu_skies) AIM-174B. As previously explained, the AIM-174 is an air-launched version of the RIM ...

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 ...

18F also had a hand in helping agencies develop their own technology capacity, whether by teaching them how to build software using open-source development and agile methodologies or by teaching ...

18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.