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How reusable is open source software?
October 23, 2017
You can't reuse open source code that was developed to be specific to another org's business process, but we try to make components that will bootstrap development so you can focus on building an application that is tailored to your unique business process.
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Pulling back the curtain on IT procurement
October 11, 2017
Monolithic procurement — large, complex, multi-year contracts, which are common in government IT procurement — can appear compelling to agencies that use them. The Technology Transformation Services (TTS) is a strong advocate for an alternative approach known as modular contracting (aka modular procurement).
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Working with 18F helped the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer create the largest collection of federal laboratory data and technology resources available online.
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Building a large-scale design system: How we created a design system for the U.S. government
October 3, 2017
The U.S. Web Design Standards launched in September 2015 as a visual style guide and UI component library with the goal of bringing a common design language for government websites all under one hood. Learn how the team unified a complex system with numerous rules to serve users from all corners of the country.
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3 ways to manage research projects remotely
September 27, 2017
At 18F, we have employees across the U.S. Over time, we’ve cultivated our best practices for distributed teams and design methods. Yet, doing research as a remote team is still really hard. Here are some things that we’ve found make it easier.
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