The General Services Administration has announced it’s standing up a new technology unit to expand the work of its in-house digital startup, 18F.
Called the Technology Transformation Service, the new unit aims to help other federal agencies take advantage of emerging technology and transition to more modern approaches to developing digital services, GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth said in an agency blog post announcing the move.
The new unit will absorb the programs and services previously offered by 18F, the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program. They will all become offices in the new service, which will house a total of 293 employees, according to a GSA spokeswoman.
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