Kaitlin Devine 18F/GSA - Director of Engineering Tuesday, Oct 20th 2:40 pm - Open Data & Open Government

1. Transforming Government with Open
Source
Power to the People
Kaitlin Devine
Director of Engineering

2. Who is this person?
@kaitlinbdevine
kaitlin.devine@gsa.gov
Previously of

4. Our Mission
to build a government that …
creates products based on needs,
or excellent tools and services
, and for less

5. How Does 18F Work in the Open?
Unexpected Benefits
What Did We Learn?

6. How Does 18F Work in the Open?
Unexpected Benefits
What Did We Learn?

9. API First
Strategy

10. Public
slack
channels

11. Our
Code of
Conduct

12. Public
guides for
most
things we
do

13. … including
our
interview
process

14. Document
our
deploys

15. “Footprint Discovery” by Jackel51927 on Flickr, CC BY-SA

16. How Does 18F Work in the Open?
Unexpected Benefits
What Did We Learn?

17. Easier
Onboarding!
“Star Paper Chain” by judy_jowers on Flickr

19. Hiring a Diverse
Workforce
Alexandre Dulaunoy on Flickr, CC BY-SA

21. Launching is Easier!!!

25. Backup From the
Public

26. How Does 18F Work in the Open?
Unexpected Benefits
What Did We Learn?

27. Thanks, but no thanks
#1: Not Willing to Go
Open Source?

28. #2: Citizens Will Actually
Contribute!

29. First outside commit before it
even launched officially!

30. #3: Protect Yourself With
a Code of Conduct

31. #4: Invest in Your Content!

32. Thanks!!
@kaitlinbdevine
kaitlin.devine@gsa.gov