Talk:18F

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18F self-edit

• 18F employee here, self-reporting a (tiny) self-edit on our part - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=18F&diff=622376901&oldid=601868682 was an anonymous edit by an 18F employee that updated our current headcount. Though tiny, this was a mistake on our part, and we don't plan on making further edits to our Wikipedia page going forward. Konklone (talk) 19:58, 22 August 2014 (UTC) y

Commendable of you to make this disclosure/notice. Was someone from 18F or someone else in the Obama administration responsible for this euphenistic wording? "complications in the rollout of the HealthCare.gov health insurance marketplace" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.37.243.153 (talk) 00:42, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

No, that was me, and I don't find it a euphemism czar ⨹ 14:03, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Lede should give an introduction

The lede is a place to give an overview of the topic of an article. For this reason, I removed the first sentence and the "Overview" heading, making the lede into what had been the overview. No information was lost, and useful information was moved above the TOC. This change was reverted.. I don't do editing wars. I came to this article because there wasn't enough information in the lede for me to understand what 18F was about. And there it was in an "Overview" section. I recommend the change I made. -- ke4roh (talk) 17:12, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Questionable language in section 'Mass firings...'

"At the end of January 2025, members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) infiltrated the GSA, which manages federal real estate and technology." [emphasis added]

I think 'infiltrate' carries connotations that are not appropriate and (hopefully) not desired in this context. I am, however, unable to come up with a more appropriate word given the structure of the sentence ('joined', perhaps, but that would seem to gloss over the consternation/conflict that accompanied the event) and perhaps it would be better to simply rewrite/replace that portion? 189.197.18.77 (talk) 20:43, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I was about to leave a similar note about this passage.

My main issue with this is that "infiltrate" leaves me unclear as to what actually happened—did members of DOGE sneak into the offices at night while no one was there? Did they steal someone's computer credentials and start clandestinely looking at information they shouldn't have had access to? Were several of them installed at positions within F18, and begin working there?

I'm going to add a Vague tag and flag the section for tone; hopefully someone can find a term that's more informative than "infiltrate" is. At first glance, it seems that the rest of the statements in the section are fairly factual; hopefully finding a better word than "infiltrate" will address both the tone and the informativeness issues.

Jacobdgm (talk) 01:47, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Adjusted this bit and added more context, including a "see also" link to US federal agencies targeted by DOGE#General Services Administration (GSA), which has a fuller telling of the DOGE story. Dreamyshade (talk) 08:39, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Also, if it matters for disclosure purposes: former 18F employee but left before that happened. Hi to any other former coworkers watching this page! 🦉 🦒 Dreamyshade (talk) 08:49, 20 February 2026 (UTC)