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As I understand it, 18F started off as part of USDS. But the Obama administration wanted the program to outlive his tenure as POTUS, so they tucked 18F into the GSA.

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That's not correct. 18F predates USDS by about a year, and we are (and always have been) independent of each other, though there is a lot of cross-pollination in our work.

I would be curious where this impression came from, as someone that works at 18F.

Here's more info on how we came from the Presidential Innovation Fellows program: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/03/20/one-year-in-and-looking-forwa...

Was talking to a Presidential Innovation Fellow, and probably just misunderstood what they were saying, or perhaps the Fellow had incorrect information.

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