The United States Digital Service is a technology unit housed within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify digital service, and to improve federal websites. It was launched on August 11, 2014.
5-505: The U.S. Digital Service has created: The United States Digital Service sends a report to Congress each year detailing its projects and accomplishments. Its federal agency work spans across the Veterans Affairs , Department of Defense , Small Business Administration , General Services Administration , Department of Homeland Security , Department of Education , and Health and Human Services . The United States Digital Service
10-546: A designated government agency or department, a Department of Veterans' Affairs , Ministry of Veterans' Affairs , Department of Veterans Services , or the like, which oversees issues relating to veterans' affairs. These departments provide a variety of services for veterans. The particular services provided can vary by jurisdiction, but can include things such as: In a survey of benefits and services offered to Veterans in four English-speaking countries, Veterans Affairs Canada noted that "[w]hile each country's suite of programs
15-703: The HealthCare.gov website. He was succeeded by Matt Cutts , who maintained the position until April 2021. The third administrator of the United States Digital Service was Mina Hsiang . During the Biden administration, Hsiang led the United States Digital Digital Service in deploying a new website about COVID-19 vaccines , Vaccines.gov . In 2021, United States Digital Service employed 215 people and
20-422: Was looking to expand further. The Florida Digital Service , created in 2020, was modeled after the U.S. Digital Service. This United States government–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Veterans Affairs Veterans' affairs is an area of public policy concerned with relations between a government and its communities of military veterans. Some jurisdictions have
25-586: Was the idea of Jennifer Pahlka , Chief Technology Officer of the United States . Pahlka's goal was to create an elite government technology unit at the White House that would be equivalent to the United Kingdom's Government Digital Service . The first head of the United States Digital Digital Service was Mikey Dickerson , a former Google engineer who was involved in the 2013–14 rescue of
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