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According to a GSA forensic audit, 18F was losing money, had billing issues, and spent too much time on non-billable activities (52% versus 48% billable). One o

According to a GSA forensic audit, 18F was losing money, had billing issues, and spent too much time on non-billable activities (52% versus 48% billable). One of the partisan activities referred to was a pronoun replacing slack bot referenced in this GSA report... https://www.gsaig.gov/sites/default/files/ipa-reports/OIG%20EVALUATION%20REPORT_Evaluation%20of%2018F_%20JE17-001_October%2024%202016.pdf https://www.gsaig.gov/sites/default/files/ipa-reports/OIG%20... The GSA conclusion was... 1. Establish a viable plan to ensure full cost recovery of ASF funds expended by 18F. 2. Ensure that internal 18F projects have appropriate supervisory review. 3. Implement controls over 18F’s reimbursable agreement process to ensure that work is not performed outside of a fully executed agreement. 4. Ensure that GSA CIO reviews and approves, in writing, all 18F IT-related work performed for GSA internal organizations. 5. Implement a comprehensive review of 18F’s past work to ensure accuracy of all billings. 6. Establish reliable internal controls to ensure that 18F’s future billings are accurate. 7. Ensure that 18F’s billing records are retained in accordance with GSA records management standards.

9283409232 2y ago
None of this justifies getting rid of the team entirely. The GSA's plan is reasonable and 18F facilitated projects that saved more money than they spent. IRS Free File is a great example of that.
omnivore 2y ago
"losing money" is a canard when it's a self-producing government entity that was using not public dollars but instead user fees from a GSA Fund. There were lots of folks who had incentive for that thing not to work: https://insider.govtech.com/california/www-techwire-net/former-gsa-head-internal-procurement-groups-were-against-18f-from-the-start.html https://insider.govtech.com/california/www-techwire-net/form... Also, that IG report is a comedy show compared to the last 3 weeks of chaos from these people doing what they're doing flouting laws, rules and the common order.

9283409232 2y ago

None of this justifies getting rid of the team entirely. The GSA's plan is reasonable and 18F facilitated projects that saved more money than they spent. IRS Free File is a great example of that.

omnivore 2y ago

"losing money" is a canard when it's a self-producing government entity that was using not public dollars but instead user fees from a GSA Fund. There were lots of folks who had incentive for that thing not to work: https://insider.govtech.com/california/www-techwire-net/former-gsa-head-internal-procurement-groups-were-against-18f-from-the-start.html https://insider.govtech.com/california/www-techwire-net/form... Also, that IG report is a comedy show compared to the last 3 weeks of chaos from these people doing what they're doing flouting laws, rules and the common order.