Today, too many of our digital services projects do not work well, are delivered late, or are over budget. To increase the success rate of these projects, the U.S. Government needs a new approach. We created a playbook of 13 key “plays” drawn from successful practices from the private sector and government that, if followed together, will help government build effective digital services.
https://playbook.cio.gov/
Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve services for veterans, immigrants, the disabled and others, creating a more awesome government along the way. “We…
After meeting with local talent at the Puerto Rico Tech Summit, USDS extends employment offer to Froilan Irizarry and David Acevedo, both former collaborators and members of the defunct Puerto Rico CIO team.
Niblock sneaked her first peek under Detroit’s hood last year as part of an IT task force organized by the White House. She joined the CIOs from Boston, New Orleans, Chicago and Raleigh, N.C., for two days of investigation and evaluation. They found seven key areas Detroit needs to focus on, prioritizing practical needs first,…
US CTO Todd Park said the new program “will bring top innovators from outside government for focused “tours of duty” with our best federal innovators on game-changing projects. Combining the know-how of citizen change agents and government change agents in small, agile teams that move at high speed, these projects aim to deliver significant results within…
Una de las lecciones aprendidas durante el tiempo de rescate es que el esquema de desarollo de Healthcare.gov estaba diseñado atado a una legislación que no permitía que los programadores y desarrolladores se comunicaran entre sí, que los ingenieros operacionales y ‘end users’ tuvieran interacción e iteración de trabajos. Por el contrario, todas las promesas…
US Digital Service visits Puerto Rico for TechSummit 2016, meets with representatives to candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico, including the now current CIO of Puerto Rico, Luis Arocho. Presentation on leading the transformation for effective agile contracting in Government. Agile Technology Contracting in Federal Government by Traci Walker from Puerto Rico Tech Summit