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

Senior executives part 3: Use short-term initiatives to build confidence in long-term decisions

Deadlines often force executives to make long-term decisions about technology without certainty it’ll be successful. Modern software development strategies help reduce this risk by leveraging a product team to incrementally test software upfront. This is part three in a series on how senior executive and tech teams can be better allies.

Read more about Senior executives part 3: Use short-term initiatives to build confidence in long-term decisions
Senior executives part 2: Work outside the traditional hierarchy to set up an initiative for success

In order to ultimately succeed at delivering human-centered software, two critical groups need to work closely together: the product team and a champions group. This is part two in a series on how senior executives and tech teams can be better allies.

Read more about Senior executives part 2: Work outside the traditional hierarchy to set up an initiative for success
Senior executives are the allies tech teams need, part 1

Successfully delivering software in government requires people to work differently. Without clear answers for how to do this, well-intentioned executives and teams default to existing processes that risk undermining their own success. This is part one in a series on how to evolve that relationship.

Read more about Senior executives are the allies tech teams need, part 1