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Responding to Steve Kelman s recent blog post, Alan Thomas shares the inside story on 18F s evolution.
By Alan Thomas
Editor s Note: Steve Kelman recently blogged about the bad reputation 18F and other digital service teams have developed in more-traditional corners of the federal IT community. That piece prompted Alan Thomas, who headed the Federal Acquisition Service from June 2017 until October 2019, to share his take on the conflicting cultures and the steps taken improve the organization. At Kelman s encouragement, Thomas wrote the following article:
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A MAGA ambassador violated the Hatch Act. Biden must decide what to do about it.
Carla Sands ran afoul of the law, said an independent federal agency that is also investigating other former Trump officials. It’s now Biden’s mess.
Then-U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands in Copenhagen in December 2017. | Philip Davali/AP via Ritzau
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Donald Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, violated federal law when she urged Americans to donate to her boss’s campaign using her official Twitter account.
She did it again when she tweeted once more from her official account an article questioning whether Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants, was eligible to be vice president.
NPR: Trump Official Cited Security To Kill Visas For VOA Staffers. Emails Say Otherwise
Trump Official Cited Security To Kill Visas For VOA Staffers. Emails Say Otherwise
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Nabila Ganinda was awaiting a green light from the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
The agency had hired Ganinda, a young Indonesian journalist, to work for two years at the Voice of America’s Indonesian-language service, based in Washington, D.C. As those two years came to an end last fall, Ganinda’s editors sought to have her specialized work visa extended. Colleagues described her as a capable multimedia producer. She had also appeared on camera in news reports. Ganinda thought she could build a successful career at VOA.
Nabila Ganinda was awaiting a green light from the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency had hired Ganinda, a young Indonesian journalist, to work for