Another perspective on 18F

Steve Kelman gets Alan Thomas' inside view on the "hoodies vs. suits" situation.

My most recent blog post, about Bob Woods and Ed Meagher's criticisms of 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, prompted Alan Thomas to offer his perspective. Thomas headed the Federal Acquisition Service from June 2017 until October 2019, and was directly involved in integrating 18F into FAS. You can read his guest article here.