18F pre-dates the U.S. Digital Service by 6 months.
Coding It Forward is a civil society initiative, not a government one, and is analogous to thinking that a weak diplomatic corps can be fixed by sponsoring more high school Model U.N. chapters. There is no lack of viable and willing candidates _outside_ of the system, the issue is getting them _inside_ and letting them inform it.
Coding It Forward is a civil society initiative, not a government one, and is analogous to thinking that a weak diplomatic corps can be fixed by sponsoring more high school Model U.N. chapters. There is no lack of viable and willing candidates _outside_ of the system, the issue is getting them _inside_ and letting them inform it.