Tech Giants Face Off Against 18F
Folks who believe in 18F and want it to continue the work it is doing: please please PLEASE actually write to your legislators and let them know that you are their constituent, that you are a tech worker, and that you support it. Unless you do, they will think that it is some niche issue that the general public doesn&#x27;t care about. When that happens, the only things legislators have to base their decisions on are:<p>1) Their own (non-existent) expertise in software development and procurement.<p>2) Their advice of whatever experts they can find.<p>3) The outcome of this hearing by the House Oversight Comittee: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oversight.house.gov&#x2F;hearing&#x2F;18f-and-u-s-digital-service-oversight&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oversight.house.gov&#x2F;hearing&#x2F;18f-and-u-s-digital-serv...</a> and follow-up hearings<p>And what #2 really means is lobbyists, paid for by these same contractors. They will present themselves as the voice of the industry and unless a bunch of actual software engineers speak up, legislators would have every reason to believe them.<p>So please, find your congresscritter and let them know that you care about this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;openstates.org&#x2F;find_your_legislator&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;openstates.org&#x2F;find_your_legislator&#x2F;</a><p>Especially do this if you live in the district of one of the members of the house oversight committee: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oversight.house.gov&#x2F;subcommittee&#x2F;full-committee&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oversight.house.gov&#x2F;subcommittee&#x2F;full-committee&#x2F;</a><p>- Carolyn Maloney of NY-12, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and the east side of Manhattan<p>- MARK DESAULNIER
CA-11: Just west of Berkley<p>- William Lacy Clay of MO-1, Greater St Louis<p>- Stephen Lynch of MA-8, Boston and South Shore<p>- Jim Cooper of TN-5, Nashville and some areas to the west<p>- Gerald E. Connoly of VA-11, suburbs between Arlington and Manassas<p>- Matt Cartwright of PA-17: Scranton, Schuylkill, and Munroe<p>- Tammy Duckworth of IL-8: Northwest Chicago<p>- Robin Kelly
IL-2: South East Chicago<p>- Brenda Lawrence
MI-14: A weird gerrymander northish of Detroit but also the lake coast<p>- Ted Lieu
CA-33: A wide swath of pacific coast near Venice Beach<p>- Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ-12: Princeton, Trenton, and environs<p>- Brendan F. Boyle
PA-13: North and Northeast of Philadelphia.<p>- Peter Welch for the entirety of Vermont<p>- Michelle Lujan Grisham
NM-1: Albuquerque and areas southeast of it.<p>- Trey Gowdy
SC-4: Spartanburg and Greenville area<p>- Mark Meadows
NC-11: Asheville and the blue ridge mountains<p>- Jim Jordan
OH-4: a weird gerrymander northwest of Columbus and south of Cleveland<p>- John Mica of FL-7, north of Orlando<p>- Michael Turner of OH-10, north of Cincinnati<p>- John Duncan
TN-2: Jefferson city and area around it.<p>- Tim Walberg
MI-7: Rural area and suburbs south-west of Detroit.<p>- Justin Amash
MI-3: Grand Rapids and rural areas between it and Lansing. (frame all arguments from a libertarian perspective)<p>- Blake Farnthold
TX-27: Corpus Cristi, Lockhart, and a bunch of gulf coast.<p>- Cynthia Lummis, for the entirety of Wyoming<p>- Thomas Massie
KY-4: A weird gerrymander north of Lexington and south of Cincinnati<p>- Ron Desantis
FL-6: Daytona Beach area<p>- Mick Mulvaney
SC-5: Rock Hill and rural area north of Columbia<p>- Ken Buck
CO-4: the eastern 3rd of the state<p>- Mark Walker
NC-6: Greensboro and rural areas north of Durham &amp; Winston-salem<p>- Rod Blum
IA-1: Cedar Rapids and the areas in the northeast of the state.<p>- Jody Hice
GA-10: Rural area between Atlanta and Augusta<p>- Steve Russel
OK-5: Oklahoma City, Seminole, and a bunch of rural area around that.<p>- Buddy Carter
GA-1: The southeast corner of the state and atlantic coast<p>- Glenn Grothman
WI-6: rural area north of Madison and Milwaukee<p>- William Hurd
TX-23: El Paso and all the area between it and San Antonio<p>- Gary J. Palmer
AL-6: A weird gerrymander of the rural area surrounding Birmingham<p>- Paul Gosar
AZ-4: Prescott and the western border of the state.<p>- Scott Desharlais
TN-4: The south-central part of the state. Areas Northeast of Chattanooga.<p>- Eleanor Holmes Norton: DC<p>- Stacey E. Plaskett: US Virgin Islands