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October 28, 2016

California takes a new approach to procurement

By Alla Goldman Seiffert , Robin Carnahan

The Technology Transformation Service recently held an industry day to talk to the private sector community about our vision, our projects, and how GSA and vendors can work together to bring modern digital services to the federal government. For that event, California’s Stuart Drown recorded a short video talking about 18F’s work with California on their Child Welfare System.

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October 26, 2016

Writing for the web is easy. Writing for users is not.

By Chris Goranson , Emileigh Barnes , Phoebe Espiritu

Government websites are written for an extraordinarily diverse group of users. They come to our websites with different knowledge, backgrounds, and abilities. Fortunately, there are steps we can take to make sure the content we care about reaches the audience we want (and is useful to them).

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October 25, 2016

Three small steps you can take to reboot agile in your organization

By Chris Goranson , Michael Torres , Kristy Singletary

This past summer, 18F held an agile workshop for the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. An agency with roots going back to World War II, NTIS is facing a future that requires a strategic realignment towards open data and services.

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October 24, 2016

Embracing opportunities to improve and innovate

By V. David Zvenyach

Today the GSA Inspector General (IG) issued a report that identified areas for improvement, and we are thankful for their oversight. We have made many improvements over the last few months to address the issues outlined in this report and will take all additional actions necessary.

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October 14, 2016

Iterative workplace design at the Denver Federal Center

By Greg Boone

Not long ago, the General Service Administration’s regional headquarters on the Denver Federal Center campus looked like a stereotypical office space; today, it is a modern workplace thanks to the iterative work of the Denver GSA’s design team.

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