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September 19, 2016

Vendors and government strengthen partnership at Technology Industry Day

By Andre Francisco

The Technology Transformation Service (TTS) is already absorbing the first-mover risk of introducing modern tools and techniques, but we know that only with the help of industry will this transformation be able to spread across the federal government. As we all bring agile methodologies, human-centered design, and modular design to the government, the opportunity to improve federal digital services is immense.

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September 15, 2016

GAO review shows satisfied customers and areas for improvement

By Aaron Snow

Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their review of 18F and the U.S. Digital Service and our work to transform federal digital services. We appreciate GAO’s review of 18F’s important work and mission.

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September 12, 2016

James Scott: Automating and engineering a better government

By Melody Kramer

James Scott's career has taken him from The University of Virginia to Intel before landing at 18F. Here, he has worked on cloud.gov and our diversity guild. His advice for people thinking about joining us: Do it.

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September 6, 2016

Nicole Fenton: A wordsmith joins the government

By Melody Kramer

Nicole Fenton joined 18F in September of 2015. Before 18F, Nicole was a content strategist at Facebook, Lab Zero, and Mule Design in San Francisco. She started her professional writing practice at Apple, where she served as communications lead for five years and helped launch the original iPhone and iPad.

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August 31, 2016

Kanban for government

By Alan Brouilette

Some months ago, 18F started playing with kanban as a way to manage and improve our processes. For the 18F Agreements team, adopting kanban has caused a dramatic positive change in how they manage their work.

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