18F is a technology and design consultancy for the U.S. Government, inside the government.

18F partners with agencies to improve the user experience of government services by helping them build and buy technology.

“We engaged with 18F, and it was a game-changer for us. They came in and helped the IT team and business owners get involved in the agile development process. It changed our whole methodology.”

— Alec Palmer
FEC’s Chief Information Officer

We support your mission

As an office within the General Services Administration, we know how to work with government. Federal, state, and local governments can partner with 18F to deliver projects that fulfill their mission, stay within budget, and use leading technology practices.

What 18F can do

Modernize software development processes while introducing good agile and human-centered design practices to your agency

Improve public-facing services like websites or applications

Digitize and streamline internal systems to save time and increase accuracy

Featured projects

Federal Election Commission

Easy-to-use campaign data

Rethinking how the Federal Election Commission provides data, instructions, and legal resources to the public.

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Department of the Treasury

Implementing a government-wide law

Implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act with one of the largest government-wide agile projects ever undertaken.

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General Services Administration

Better tools for better research

An efficient way for contracting officers to search past government contracts for fair hourly rates.

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Some agencies we’ve worked with

- Health and Human Services
- U.S. Air Force
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Interior
- State of Wisconsin
- Office of Management and Budget

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Recent blog posts

A day in the life - Ingeniero en 18F

Según estimados del Censo, cerca de 41 millones de personas hablan español en Estados Unidos. En 18F imaginamos un país cuyo Gobierno ofrezca servicios digitales consistentes y confiables para todos sus usuarios. Nuestro ingeniero, Edwin Torres nos habla de su día de trabajo y la importancia de tener empleados hispanohablantes.

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The TTS Handbook: A 21st-century approach to internal documentation

In this post, we introduce the Technology Transformation Services Handbook: an open, crowd-sourced, accessible, and living resource that aims to provide the information our team needs to do their work.

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Content governance: What it is and how to get started

How is your content created and maintained? Who does what? How do you decide what your content priorities are? With content governance you can answer these questions, provide clarity to your organization, and become a content hero!

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