Technology Transformation Services (TTS) is a digital services department within Federal Acquisition Service of the
General Services Administration (GSA) of the
United States Government
The Federal Government of the United States of America (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the Federation#Federal governments, national government of the United States.
The U.S. federal government is composed of three distinct ...
. TTS services and programs include Centers of Excellence, the
Presidential Innovation Fellows
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is a competitive fellowship program that pairs top innovators from the private sector, non-profits, and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate on solutions that aim to deliver signifi ...
,
FedRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a United States federal government-wide compliance program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud product ...
,
USAGov
USAGov, formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center and Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC), is a department in the United States government's General Services Administration. FCIC, founded in 1970, began as the federal government's ...
, Digital.gov, the US Digital Corps, and
Login.gov,
10x,
U.S. Web Design System
The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is a collection of user interface components and style guide for design patterns for web development. USWDS supports accessibility and mobile-friendly requirements and a consistent experience across government we ...
, among others.
18F was formerly part of TTS, the office was eliminated in March 2025.
Overview
The Technology Transformation Services was launched in 2016 to assist with US government federal agency IT modernization efforts. At the time of its creation, TTS comprised three existing teams:
18F, the
Presidential Innovation Fellows
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is a competitive fellowship program that pairs top innovators from the private sector, non-profits, and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate on solutions that aim to deliver signifi ...
, and the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies. In its initial year, TTS launched products and programs such as code.gov, a catalog of government developed, open source code, the US Digital Registry, an inventory of government social media accounts, and
vote.gov.
In 2019, TTS became responsible for shared services created in previous years by
18F:
Login.gov, an identity provider, and Cloud.gov, a hosting platform.
The following year, TTS's consulting teams experienced significant demand due to pressures on federal agencies to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2021, GSA announced the creation of the US Digital Corps, a two year fellowship for early career technologists with specialities in software engineering, data science, design, and cybersecurity, housed within TTS.
That same year, TTS began investing in automation of security authorization processes for the FedRAMP program.
TTS and
18F assisted with the development of multiple websites and applications in 2024, including the IRS Direct File pilot,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government, coordinating cyber ...
's get.gov, and the
American Climate Corps
The American Climate Corps was a national service of the US government focused on climate change prevention. It was launched in September 2023 by the Biden administration, and is a government interagency project between the National Oceanic and At ...
.
TTS also launched
Notify.gov.
The second Trump administration
On March 1, the entire
18F office was eliminated "under direction from the White House" and weeks after Elon Musk claimed the "group was deleted." Less than a month before dissolving the office, Musk associate and TTS director
Thomas Shedd told 18F and TTS that "You all are one of the most respected technology groups in the federal government," saying that 18F engineers "are so key and critical to this next phase" of building federal government technology.
See also
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Civic technology
Civic technology, or civic tech, is the idea of using technology to enhance the relationship between people and government with software for communications, decision-making, service delivery, and political process. It includes information and commu ...
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Service design
Service design is the activity of planning and arranging people, infrastructure, communication and material components of a service in order to improve its quality, and the interaction between the service provider and its users. Service design m ...
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18F
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U.S. Web Design System
The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is a collection of user interface components and style guide for design patterns for web development. USWDS supports accessibility and mobile-friendly requirements and a consistent experience across government we ...
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10x
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United States Digital Service
The United States Digital Service (USDS) was a technology unit housed within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Executive Office of the President of the United States and established by Appropriations bill (United States) ...
, at the
Executive Office of the President
The Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The office consists o ...
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Government Digital Service
The Government Digital Service is a unit of the Government of the United Kingdom's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, tasked with transforming the provision of online public services.
It was formed in April 2011 by David Camero ...
, for the UK's counterpart
References
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GitHub Repositories
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General Services Administration
Government agencies established in 2014
Organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Federal government of the United States