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Technology Transformation Service looking for new commissioner
on July 13, 2016
Now’s the time to get involved in transforming how the government builds, buys, and shares technology. Now’s the time to lead a growing office of talented and motivated people looking to help federal agencies deliver better services to the public at a lower cost. Sound interesting? Then we’ve got a job for you: Commissioner of the Technology Transformation Service.
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3 ways for digital acquisition teams to work better
on July 13, 2016
As we work through this pilot phase of the Digital Acquisition Accelerator, we’ll be sharing our work and the lessons we learn. We hope this will help other interested teams follow along and also give the public on opportunity to give us feedback on our pilot. Here are three techniques that our team practiced with the FBI and Treasury teams during the recent kickoff of the pilot.
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A conversation about static and dynamic websites
on July 11, 2016
Our blog uses Jekyll, a static file generator with a basic templating system, as the backend software. Deploying our blog posts this way has simplified our publishing process.
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When a micro-purchase doesn’t work out, we try to learn from it
on July 7, 2016
Two months ago, the 18F acquisitions team ran a public micro-purchase auction to find a vendor to develop a small new feature for 18F's cloud.gov, and for the first time after several successful micro-purchases for other products, the contracted vendor didn’t deliver the code on time. This was very interesting to us we’re early in the life of the micro-purchase platform, and we believe that failure is a great way to learn. In the spirit of experimentation and sharing our lessons, here’s how we went about analyzing this, and here’s what we learned.
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Illinois fourth grade class uses Every Kid in a Park to explore national parks and beyond
on July 6, 2016
One fourth grade class in Monticello, Illinois used the Every Kid in the Park website to learn more about National Parks and create a project for their school’s annual open house. We reached out to Washington Elementary fourth grade teacher Robyn Garrett to learn more about how she used national parks in her curriculum.
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