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18F Checks In With Jerome Lee and the eAPD Project
on November 29, 2022
At 18F, we like to keep in touch with our project partners. 18F partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from December 2017 to June 2020 on the development of a product called eAPD. We caught up with Jerome Lee of CMS, the product owner of eAPD.
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Improving inclusion, continuously: how we iterated on our bot to promote more inclusive and thoughtful language
on November 14, 2022
In 2015, TTS created a Slack bot to help us use more inclusive language. Over time, we found this bot could use some improvements. So starting in 2019, we began conducting research and iterating on our bot to further our goal of a welcoming, inclusive culture.
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Creating a culture of innovation at your agency
on September 12, 2022
When we talk about "innovation" in government tech, what do we mean? 18F surveyed multiple digital innovation groups in cultural heritage institutions and federal agencies on this very question. As an innovation group ourselves, the results both challenged us and strengthened our confidence in the importance of trying new approaches in the government space.
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The 18F engineering sandwich for cloud based web apps
on September 6, 2022
We often talk about 18F Engineering as a technology shop, but that's too broad. There are very few technology choices we actually make at the project level. When we build, we usually build open-source cloud-based web applications. We combine a limited set of technologies to make our applications. To explain this, we'll use the metaphor of a sandwich shop.
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Senior executives part 5: Use stories as leading indicators
on August 25, 2022
Executives often rely on productivity metrics to measure success, but these measures can obscure whether the software is actually working for users. Stories are a better resource to build a strategy between a senior executive and a product team. This is part five in a series on how senior executive and tech teams can be better allies.
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