&gt; This is cool, but,...18F are consultants, who pop in, wave a magic wand, and pop out.<p>My understanding is that <i>some</i> of what 18F does is short-term, project-based consulting for other government agencies, but that that isn&#x27;t all of what 18F does.<p>The limited employment term things is a real concern for non-consulting, ongoing functions, but may have salutary effects, if it means that design for shared maintainability and succession planning aren&#x27;t the kind of afterthoughts that they are many places in government.