Pointing to guidance stating that GSA should cut “non-essential consulting” functions, Shedd wrote that the “18F Office has ...

Thomas Shedd, the commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service, said the decision is part of the President’s Workforce Optimization Initiative executive order.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency laid off a team whose purpose was to make the government more efficient.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has shut down the technology consulting unit of the General Services ...

The GSA's tech unit, known as the 18F office, employed a team of researchers, website designers and product managers.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, offering support on the social ...

A technology unit from the General Services Administration (GSA) has had its budget all but eliminated, affecting around 70 ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been at it again, instructing the General Services Administration to eliminate its technology consulting unit, known as 18F.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, group together to start a consulting company,” wrote Cuban. “It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably created.".

First launched in 2014 under former President Barack Obama, the 18F team was housed within GSA and helped federal agencies ...