Technology Transformation Services
{{short description|Digital services department within the United States Government}}
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|formed = {{Start date and age|2016}}
|headquarters = General Services Administration Building
1800 F Street NW
Washington, D.C.
|website = {{URL|https://tts.gsa.gov/}}
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Technology Transformation Services (TTS) is a digital services department within Federal Acquisition Service of the General Services Administration (GSA) of the United States Government. TTS services and programs include Centers of Excellence, the Presidential Innovation Fellows, FedRAMP, USAGov, Digital.gov, the US Digital Corps, and Login.gov, 10x, U.S. Web Design System, among others.{{cite web |title=Technology Transformation Services |url=https://tts.gsa.gov |access-date=2025-02-24 |ref=tts-home}} 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, and the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Billy |title=GSA launches tech service for agencies |url=https://fedscoop.com/gsa-launches-technology-service-line/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=Fedscoop |date=2016-05-03}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://handbook.tts.gsa.gov/office-of-solutions/history/ |title=A brief history of TTS solutions | website=TTS Handbook | accessdate=2025-02-25}} The following year, TTS's consulting teams experienced significant demand due to pressures on federal agencies to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://fedscoop.com/technology-transformation-services-coronavirus/ | title=TTS's demand has grown 'significantly' during the pandemic, Anil Cheriyan says | date=2020-05-18 | work=Fedscoop | last1=Mitchell | first1=Billy | accessdate=2025-02-25}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/biden-administration-launches-us-digital-corps-to-recruit-08302021 | title=Biden administration launches US Digital Corps to recruit the next generation of technology talent to federal service | website=GSA | date=2021-08-30 | accessdate=2025-02-26}} That same year, TTS began investing in automation of security authorization processes for the FedRAMP program.{{cite web | url=https://fedscoop.com/tts-significant-fedramp-investments/ | title=GSA making ‘significant’ investments to automate FedRAMP processes | website=Fedscoop | last1=Nyczepir | first1=Dave | date=2021-06-02 | accessdate=2025-02-26}}
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's get.gov, and the American Climate Corps.{{ cite web | url=https://18f.gsa.gov/2024/10/08/18f-year-of-launches/ | title=18F's year of launches | website=18F | date=2024-10-08 | accessdate=2025-02-26}} TTS also launched Notify.gov.
The second Trump administration
{{See also|United States federal government targets of Elon Musk#General Services Administration (GSA)}}
On March 1, the entire 18F office was eliminated "under direction from the White House"{{Cite web |date=2025-03-01 |title=GSA eliminates 18F |url=https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/403400/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Nextgov.com |language=en}} and weeks after Elon Musk claimed the "group was deleted."{{Cite news |title=Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X |url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886498750052327520 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250222084634/https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886498750052327520 |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-03-01 |work=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/ |title='Things Are Going to Get Intense:' How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government |date=February 4, 2025 |first1=Jason |last1=Koebler |first2=Joseph |last2=Cox |first3=Emanuel |last3=Maiberg }}
See also
- Civic technology
- Service design
- 18F
- U.S. Web Design System
- 10x
- United States Digital Service, at the Executive Office of the President
- Government Digital Service, for the UK's counterpart
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://tts.gsa.gov}}
- [https://github.com/TTS/ GitHub Repositories]
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Category:General Services Administration
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