I should have been more exact. The original 18F team was made up largely of former Presidential Innovation Fellows a program created by the EOP. The Presidenti

I should have been more exact. The original 18F team was made up largely of former Presidential Innovation Fellows a program created by the EOP. The Presidential Innovation Fellows program predated 18F and was moved under the purview of 18F when it was created. So you are right wasn't part of the EOP but everything else still stands. They were created by the head of the GSA, a political appointee and a program created by the EOP was reorganized into them at their creation.