I'm sorry about this miscommunication and it wasn't intentional--we absolutely consider the Digital Service team at the VA to be part of the USDS; we helped build it. Ellen Ratajak (new eng director at VA) is one of the examples listed on whitehouse.gov/us-digital-service
Hiring bright people isn't enough, we have to empower them by building critical mass on impactful projects with executive support. We were focused on creating a team at the VA when you applied (still are, if you finished stapling yourself), but there are other options now that didn't exist then.
Hiring bright people isn't enough, we have to empower them by building critical mass on impactful projects with executive support. We were focused on creating a team at the VA when you applied (still are, if you finished stapling yourself), but there are other options now that didn't exist then.