GSA has announced a program combining the Presidential Innovation Fellows program and a new digital delivery team promising to bring some of the development practices of the startup world to agencies to help them accelerate innovation.
According to GSA, the program, dubbed 18F:
Partners with agencies to deliver high quality in-house digital services using the agile methodologies of the top technology startups;
Rapidly deploys working prototypes for real users on the web;
Offers digital tools and services that result in governmentwide reuse; and,
Transparently builds and integrates digital services.
“This service delivery program will make GSA the home of the government’s digital incubator,” said GSA administrator Dan Tangherlini, adding, “By using lessons from our nation’s top technology startups, these public service innovators will be able to provide cutting-edge support for our federal partners that reduces cost and improves service.”
