(2020-02-10) Brian Whittaker Takes Over As Acting Executive Director Of 18F

Brian Whittaker takes over as acting executive director of 18F. Whittaker has been with GSA since 2016. Most recently, since November 2017, he has worked as deputy executive director of the Centers of Excellence initiative.

During her years at the helm of 18F, Angela Colter worked to move the organization’s focus away from building products for client agencies and toward building capacity with client agencies.

In September 2019 TTS Director Anil Cheriyan “restructured” the GSA component into two “pillars”: “clients and markets,” which will include 18F, the Centers of Excellence and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program; and “solutions and products,” which will house TTS Solutions as well as other digital tools like login.gov and cloud.gov that are currently under 18F.