18F

• Rash of data breaches forcing agencies to rethink how they verify employees’ identities

  Joe Stuntz, a former policy lead for the OMB’s cyber and national security unit, said the future of identity management lies in multiple factors to prove one’s identity.

  Ask the CIO

  January 04, 2018
• USDS, 18F, CoEs: The alphabet soup of IT modernization

  The White House wants to bring experts in cloud, user design and analytics in to help agencies replace legacy systems.

  Reporter's Notebook

  December 18, 2017
• Security, privacy, usability: The 3 legs of Login.gov platform

  Joel Minton, the director of the Login.gov platform, said they are starting small and building on their successes to create a single sign-on for citizen services.

  Technology

  October 24, 2017
• How one contractor belittled the White House’s IT modernization strategy

  Oracle called the government’s efforts to modernize technology "out of sync" and filled with "false narratives."

  Reporter's Notebook

  October 09, 2017
• GSA fills key management positions in the Federal Acquisition Service

  Alan Thomas, the commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, promotes two executives.

  People

  September 18, 2017
• Special Counsel vindicates GSA whistleblower on use of Acquisition Services Fund

  The Office of Special Counsel urged the General Services Administration to follow recommendations and put stronger financial controls on the use of Acquisition Services Fund dollars.

  Management

  July 06, 2017
• DATA Act neither a sprint nor marathon, but a ‘relay race’

  Two months after the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act implementation, the DATA Act is proving to not only be a source of financial accountability, but a beacon, platform, and self-help tool for managing government.

  Management

  June 30, 2017
• Is the IG’s report on whistleblower retaliation at GSA anything more than a history lesson?

  The General Services Administration’s inspector general concluded former administrator Denise Turner Roth retaliated against former FAS Commissioner Tom Sharpe after he made protected disclosures about potential waste, fraud and abuse.

  Reporter's Notebook

  June 30, 2017
• DATA Act advocates reflect on three years of planning, partnerships, predictions for future spending reports

  Open government advocates, industry, and agency officials are eagerly looking toward the May 9 implementation date for standardized federal spending information.

  Technology

  April 27, 2017
• National FOIA Portal will reduce work on both sides of federal information requests

  The National FOIA Portal will offer a one-stop-shop for people requesting information from any of the federal agencies, and will also serve as a guide for pointing requesters toward information that is already public — thus eliminating extra work for FOIA offices.

  Technology

  April 24, 2017
• Hartley is latest ‘original’ 18Fer whose term is coming to an end

  Hillary Hartley, the deputy executive director and creative director of GSA’s 18F organization, is leaving in early April, while former 18F co-founder Aaron Snow has found a new home.

  Reporter's Notebook

  March 13, 2017
• ‘Pioneers’ vs. ‘guardians’ conflict limits government innovation

  How can agencies achieve greater innovation while navigating the inherent conflict between individual and organizational personality types that may work to limit innovation potential?

  Commentary

  March 08, 2017
• Digital government push has stalled

  For more than 20 years we've had administrations keeping the pressure on moving government into the online age.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  February 23, 2017
• GSA says 18F problems exposed by IG are fixed

  Rob Cook, the commissioner of Technology Transformation Service, said most, if not all, of the six recommendations GSA’s inspector general made in the recent critical report on the digital services organization were implemented.

  Agency Oversight

  February 22, 2017