Biden Team Tries Recruiting Through Source Code – By Aaron Boyd (Nextgov) / Dec8 2020
If you find the hidden message, you might be someone the incoming administration wants to hire.
The incoming Biden-Harris administration is hiding job opportunities in unlikely places in the hopes of finding unique tech talent to recruit to the U.S. Digital Service.
Since USDS was founded in 2014, the group has been on a never-ending quest to recruit more tech talent into the federal government. The team—based out of the Office of Management and Budget—reports directly to the White House and is staffed with IT experts from the private sector doing brief tours in government.
When a federal agency has a big IT project gone wrong, they can tap USDS expertise to help get the program back on track, as was the case with Healthcare.gov, the tech problem that started it all. The administration-elect has made technology—and USDS—a priority in the transition, including behind the scenes of its own website.
When looking at the source code for the transition site, users noticed a message directed at the tech-literate:
“<!– If you’re reading this, we need your help building back better. https://usds.gov/apply –>”
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