U.S. Digital Service Archives

GSA planning to lend tech, acquisition expertise to support scaling TMF

Personnel from the Centers of Excellence and Presidential Innovation Fellows program may be tapped for project evaluation improvements after the TMF received $1 billion for pressing modernization…

Apr 12, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

DDS 2.0: The Pentagon digital team’s journey from startup to full-fledged firefighter

The DDS of today is not the one it was when it started in 2015. Its current leaders explore the evolution of the team in recent years.

Mar 19, 2021 By Billy Mitchell

USDS pilot to hire data scientists at 10 agencies closed in less than 2 days

The agencies plan to use subject matter expert-led assessments to determine if applicants qualify for the positions.

Jan 15, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Labor Department lends a hand with states’ overwhelmed unemployment systems

The Department of Labor and other federal partners have formed a "response team" to help with overwhelmed state unemployment systems, CIO Gundeep Ahluwalia told FedScoop in an…

May 7, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

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Agencies can learn from 18F’s ‘remote-first’ mindset during coronavirus pandemic

The government's digital services consulting group experimented with telework early on to see what secure tools worked.

Mar 12, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

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USAJOBS aims to provide applicants with better job updates

Federal employment is competitive, so the program will make its process more transparent.

Nov 20, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

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USDS wants to fix the ‘black hole’ USAJOBS with alternative hiring assessment

The U.S. Digital Service recently piloted pass-fail assessments of applicants against IT job requirements at the Department of Health and Human Services and National Park Service.

Oct 23, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

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Commission issues early recommendations for better federal IT hiring

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service has a few ideas on how the federal government can better attract and retain IT and cybersecurity talent. In…

May 28, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

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Can collaboration tools like Slack, HipChat and G Suite help fix government? USDS is betting on it

Some members of the U.S. Digital Service have a bold hypothesis about government work: By using modern collaboration tools — applications like Slack, Skype, HipChat, Google Suite and…

Oct 15, 2018 By Billy Mitchell