United States Digital Service: Difference between revisions

The '''United States Digital Service''' is a technology unit<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-technology-202/2018/12/05/the-technology-202-the-government-s-tech-unit-is-trying-to-reduce-wait-times-for-asylum-seekers/|title=The government's tech unit is trying to reduce wait times for asylum seekers|last=Zakrzewski|first=Cat|date=5 December 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/kamala-harris-digital-services-act-2019/|title=Kamala Harris Wants to Give States Millions to Overhaul Tech|last=Lapowsky|first=Issie|date=2019-03-14|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-03-14|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> housed within the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] of the United States. 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.<ref>{{Cite web| title = FACT SHEET: Improving and Simplifying Digital Service| work = The White House| access-date = 2015-04-19| date = 2014-08-11| url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/11/fact-sheet-improving-and-simplifying-digital-services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Scola| first = Nancy| title = White House launches 'U.S. Digital Service,' with HealthCare.gov fixer at the helm| newspaper = The Washington Post| access-date = 2015-04-19| date = 2014-08-11| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/11/white-house-launches-u-s-digital-service-with-healthcare-gov-fixer-at-the-helm/}}</ref><ref name = "techpresident20140813">{{Cite web| last = Howard| first = Alex| title = New US Digital Service Looks to Avoid IT Catastrophes| work = TechPresident| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140821065315/http://techpresident.com/news/25239/new-us-digital-service-looks-avoid-it-catastrophes |archivedate= August 21, 2014 | date = August 13, 2014 | url = http://techpresident.com/news/25239/new-us-digital-service-looks-avoid-it-catastrophes }}</ref><ref name = "nyt20140811">{{Cite web| last = Shear| first = Michael D| title = White House Picks Engineer From Google to Fix Sites| work = [[The New York Times]]| access-date = April 19, 2015 | date = August 11, 2014 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/us/politics/ex-google-engineer-to-lead-fix-it-team-for-government-websites.html}}</ref>