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Not sure if USDS (U.S. Digital Services) team worked specifically on the covidtests.gov rollout, but USDS was largely borne out of the dev effort that rescued H
by danso 5y ago
Not sure if USDS (U.S. Digital Services) team worked specifically on the covidtests.gov rollout, but USDS was largely borne out of the dev effort that rescued Healthcare.gov:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/the-secret-startup-saved-healthcare-gov-the-worst-website-in-america/397784/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/the-s...
> The spectacular failure of Healthcare.gov at launch led to the creation of what came to be known as the Tech Surge, a group of Silicon Valley developers who rescued the website from disorganized contractors and bureaucratic mismanagement. That group gave rise to the U.S. Digital Service and, to a lesser extent, 18F, two government agencies now working to improve the state of federal technology
- buscoquadnary 5y agoAs for 18F for all else wondering it stands for where there office is located on 18th and F street. That being said I think they should really really should maybe give some thought to renaming their group.
- llimllib 5y ago> Not sure if USDS (U.S. Digital Services) team worked specifically on the covidtests.gov rollout They did[1]: > The United States Digital Service, which grew out of the effort to rescue healthcare.gov, is also assisting with the launch. "We have the best tech teams across our administration working hard to make this a success, and we think we're well positioned to do that," [1]: https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/white-house-covid-test-website https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/white-house-covid-test-we...