United States Digital Service
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 11 August 2014 |
| Website | https://www.usds.gov |
The United States Digital Service is a part of the Executive Office of the President. It provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify digital service, and to improve federal websites. It was launched on August 11, 2014.[1][2][3][4]
The US Digital Service is the creator of:
- A Digital Services Playbook, for improving digital government
- Draft Web Design Standards, for building consistent, beautiful, federal government websites
- TechFAR Handbook, on federal contracting and procurement[5][6]
- College Scorecard, to help students and their families make more informed decisions about college selection
The first head of the US Digital Service is Mikey Dickerson, a former Google engineer who was involved in the 2013-2014 rescue of HealthCare.gov website.[7]
See also
- 18F, at the General Services Administration
References
- ↑ "FACT SHEET: Improving and Simplifying Digital Service". The White House. 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Scola, Nancy (2014-08-11). "White House launches 'U.S. Digital Service,' with HealthCare.gov fixer at the helm". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Howard, Alex (2014-08-13). "New US Digital Service Looks to Avoid IT Catastrophes". TechPresident. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Shear, Michael D (2014-08-11). "White House Picks Engineer From Google to Fix Sites". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Scola, Nancy (2014-08-25). "How the U.S. Digital Service could upset D.C.'s 'IT vendor ecosystem'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Rockwell, Mark (2015-03-13). "OFPP launches podcast series to talk TechFAR, playbook". FCW Insider. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Brill, Stephen (2014-02-27). "Obama's Trauma Team". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-19. (subscription required)
External links
- United States Digital Service, talk by Haley Van Dyck, 2015
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