The result was 18F, an in-house digital services consulting agency that brought Silicon Valley expertise to government, challenging decades of outdated procurement practices and introducing a ...

The employees, who worked at the General Services Administration’s 18F unit, fixed technical problems and built products aimed at increasing efficiency for various federal agencies. By Karoun ...

18F served a unique role as an in-house digital consultancy for the U.S. government. Its elimination raises concerns about current and future technology projects. Healthcare.gov, the government ...

Following the sudden termination of 18F, a series of government digital services projects now face an uncertain future, according to three former employees of the General Services Administration ...

The General Services Administration has eliminated its 18F program, an internal team of tech consultants and engineers that develops open-source tools to improve digital services across the federal ...

Employees on the 18F team, a group formed in the Obama era to build and improve software for other agencies, were notified around midnight that their roles are being eliminated, according to ...