U.S. F/A-18Fs and Italian F-35Bs conducted simulated CAS operations over the Black Sea and into Romanian training areas ...

Externally, 18F is defending itself from IT lobbyists, representing companies like IBM, Deloitte, Cisco Systems and others, that allege 18F is hindering revenues as a competing government tech ...

How 18F worked What set 18F apart was its approach. Rather than spending years on giant information technology contracts that often failed to deliver, 18F championed agile development.

18F, named after its headquarters at 18th and F Street, plays crucial roles across the federal bureaucracy: It’s the team behind the IRS free tax filing system.

So, 18F, working with the 10x program, put out a program called the De-risking Government Technology Guide, and that has had profound impacts.

The 18F program combines this expertise into cross-functional teams that work with agency partners “to conduct discovery, refine the goals of their digital products, prototype, navigate procurements ...

Given 18F’s enthusiasm for Slack bots, it may come as no surprise that the agency has hacked Slackbot, the communication platform’s generic assistant bot, to help make staff language habits a little ...

Hillary Hartley is co-founder and lead designer at 18F, an internal tech hub at the General Services Administration. (Jeffrey MacMillan) ...

How 18F worked What set 18F apart was its approach. Rather than spending years on giant information technology contracts that often failed to deliver, 18F championed agile development.