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Superpublic, a first-of-its-kind innovation lab, will bring members of federal, state, and local governments together to collaborate with academia and private industry to foster innovative solutions to problems facing cities.
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U.K. digital service visits U.S. to begin series of exchanges
December 22, 2015
Across the pond, the motto of the United Kingdom's Government Digital Service (GDS) is “the strategy is delivery.” Over here, we say “delivery is the strategy,” but we’re both focused on the same thing: Fostering positive change across government by shipping quality digital solutions.
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The EPA's new Environmental Digital Services marketplace
December 3, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on ways to contract with high-quality digital service vendors, which is why they just released a Request for Information (RFI) for creating an Environmental Digital Services marketplace.
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President Obama makes innovation fellowship program permanent
August 18, 2015
We’re immensely happy to hear that the president has issued an executive order ensuring the Presidential Innovation Fellows program has a permanent place in our government.
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Improving the healthcare.gov experience
June 25, 2015
In this video from the recent moveForward(100); event, Eric Maland of USDS explains the new improvements to the healthcare.gov application system, and how his team of eight developers helped save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year.
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At 18F, we were thrilled to meet for a discussion on digital services, cyber security, and IT funding with Estonia's most prominent technologists.
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Making sense of Washington’s tech landscape
June 16, 2015
The cover story in this month’s Fast Company offers a great metaphor to better explain the relationship of 18F, the U.S. Digital Service headquarters, and the digital teams inside various agencies.
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The digital services flash mob
May 11, 2015
Members of the growing federal digital family presented their work at the inaugural moveForward(100); event last week, which featured workshopping, lightning talks, and product demos.
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