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December 2, 2016
Presidential Innovation Fellows now accepting applications for Spring 2017
If you’re looking for a way to have an impact on the digital services the government provides to the public, now’s your opportunity. The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2017 cohort.Continue reading about Presidential Innovation Fellows now accepting applications for Spring 2017
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November 7, 2016
code.gov is the next milestone in federal open source code
Last week, U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott announced the launch of code.gov, another important milestone in the federal government’s adoption of open source code. The new site provides access to more than 50 open source projects from 13 federal agencies.Continue reading about code.gov is the next milestone in federal open source code
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August 4, 2016
Buying better digital products part 3: Mapping user stories
The Digital Acquisition Accelerator, a program run by the Presidential Innovation Fellows and 18F, launched in early June. Through this program, cross-functional teams from two agencies — the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Bureau of Investigation — are learning to build two products each using modern product management practices. During week two of the Accelerator, the teams applied what they learned in an inception workshop. This is the third in a series of three blog posts that describe the step-by-step process of the workshop.Continue reading about Buying better digital products part 3: Mapping user stories
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July 26, 2016
Buying better digital products part 2: Setting the product vision and strategy
This is the second in a series of three blog posts that provide a step-by-step guide to how we led the inception workshop. -
July 21, 2016
Buying better digital products part 1: Proto-personas and understanding the problem
Recently, 18F launched the Digital Acquisition Accelerator, a 6-8 month program aimed at creating change agents within two agencies to inspire a cultural shift within those agencies. This is the first in a series of three blog posts that provide a step-by-step guide to how we led the inception workshop. -
July 13, 2016
3 ways for digital acquisition teams to work better
As we work through this pilot phase of the Digital Acquisition Accelerator, we’ll be sharing our work and the lessons we learn. We hope this will help other interested teams follow along and also give the public on opportunity to give us feedback on our pilot. Here are three techniques that our team practiced with the FBI and Treasury teams during the recent kickoff of the pilot.Continue reading about 3 ways for digital acquisition teams to work better
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June 15, 2016
Two agencies participating in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot
Today, we’re thrilled to announce that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are the first two agencies to participate in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator Pilot.Continue reading about Two agencies participating in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot
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March 10, 2016
Announcing the launch of the Digital Acquisitions Pilot
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) released a memorandum today that encourages agencies across the federal government to pursue innovative approaches to acquiring goods and services. Given the growing importance of digital acquisitions, OFPP is also launching a Digital Acquisitions Pilot along with the memo.Continue reading about Announcing the launch of the Digital Acquisitions Pilot
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September 22, 2015
USA.gov launches vote.USA.gov to help citizens register and connect with states
One of the most important rights of American citizens is the right to vote. It is the foundation of our democracy, and in many ways, the basis of our government. This is why the team at USA.gov is excited to announce the launch of vote.USA.gov. -
August 18, 2015
President Obama makes innovation fellowship program permanent
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.Continue reading about President Obama makes innovation fellowship program permanent
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June 11, 2015
How digital humanitarians responded to the Nepal earthquake
When Nepal was hit with a devastating earthquake on April 25, the folks at MapGive and others in the OpenStreetMap community sprang into action, organizing volunteer mappers and coordinating with mapping teams on the ground in Kathmandu.Continue reading about How digital humanitarians responded to the Nepal earthquake
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March 11, 2015
O*NET today and beyond
The de facto source of skills information, both inside and outside the federal government, is O*NET - the Occupational Information Network, a data collection program that populates and maintains a current database of the detailed characteristics of workers, occupations, and skills. -
March 2, 2015
New resources at CareerOneStop
When the Employment and Training Administration’s CareerOneStop team set out to redesign the career, training, and job resources sections of the CareerOneStop site, they didn’t immediately begin rewriting code. Instead, they embraced a user-centered approach that focused on the user experience (UX). Read on to learn more about their findings. -
September 15, 2014
Say hello to the new Presidential Innovation Fellows
The third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows was sworn into duty last week by former CTO Todd Park. We are excited to welcome them into the 18F family.Continue reading about Say hello to the new Presidential Innovation Fellows
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May 9, 2014
A few notes on NotAlone.gov
At the end of April, Vice President Biden, while rolling out the final report of the White House's 90-day Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, announced the launch of NotAlone.gov, a website built by 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows. -
April 1, 2014
Ask us (almost) anything
GitHub for Government did their very first AMA (Ask Me Anything) last week with Philadelphia's Chief Data Officer, Mark Headd. After some prodding by GitHub's Head Bureaucat, Ben Balter, 18F decided to use this new avenue to do some Q and A. -
March 27, 2014
Uncle Sam wants YOU to be a hero hacker
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is now accepting applications from creative, energetic policy hackers, entrepreneurs, user experience experts, designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, system architecture wizards, data wranglers, and more to serve their tours of duty to radically improve the delivery of government digital services.Continue reading about Uncle Sam wants YOU to be a hero hacker
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