The botched rollout of the healthcare.gov insurance exchange prompted the Obama administration to reassess how the federal government builds and manages information systems. One result was the creation of the U.S. Digital Service in August 2014 to recruit top IT talent for government IT projects.
“Think of it as DARPA (the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency) meets the Peace Corps meets SEAL Team Six,” said Todd Park, former CTO of the federal government who now is a Silicon Valley-based technology advisor to the White House.
Image: Todd Park
