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https://www.usds.gov

United States Digital Service

Formed
  
11 August 2014 (2014-08-11)

The United States Digital Service is a part of the Executive Office of the President. It provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify digital service, and to improve federal websites. It was launched on August 11, 2014.

The US Digital Service is the creator of:

  • A Digital Services Playbook, for improving digital government
  • Draft Web Design Standards, for building consistent, beautiful, federal government websites
  • TechFAR Handbook, on federal contracting and procurement
  • College Scorecard, to help students and their families make more informed decisions about college selection

    • The first head of the US Digital Service is Mikey Dickerson, a former Google engineer who was involved in the 2013-2014 rescue of HealthCare.gov website.

    References

    United States Digital Service Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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