Ask HN: US Digital Services

by kbar13 on 9/16/2014, 7:09 PM with 1 comments

I've been following 18F and news about the US Digital Service team for a while now, and after attending Mikey Dickerson's keynote and Anna Shipman's talk at Velocity I've decided I want to learn more about working for the government.

However, I can't find any information on jobs at either organization. 18F appears to only have a informational marketing page, and USDS doesn't seem to have a website at all.

Are there any HN community members who are involved or know about these groups that can offer more insight and/or provide some kind of contact information?

  • by kbar13 on 9/17/2014, 5:31 PM

    I asked Mikey Dickerson this question during his Q&A session with Tim O'Reilly at Velocity NYC.

    Paraphrased from memory:

    18F can be contacted via their email form on at the bottom of their website[0]. The US Digital Service team has some full time staff, but the technical staff is mostly comprised of industry experts who are contracted in more of a consultant type position.

    [0] https://18f.gsa.gov/