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Is there any meaningful reason that states couldn’t start their own equivalent 18F at the state level?

I live in Massachusetts and I know a bunch of socially conscious techies who’d love to help out in this manner.

I have no idea if there is need for 18F at the state level, but I could see something like this working OK in MA, CA, and maybe NY.

Many states do have something like 18F. Massachusetts has Mass Digital[1], Washington has WaTech[2], Maryland has announced[3] the formation of one.

California Department of Technology: https://cdt.ca.gov/

Texas Department of Information Resources: https://dir.texas.gov/

New York State Office of Information Technology Services: https://its.ny.gov/

> Massachusetts