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The US Military Compares Itself to the Rebel Alliance. In Reality, It’s the Evil Empire.

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By Leah Bannon
| Jacobin Verified
The American military and its industrial base have a rich history of recruiting through propaganda and manipulation. By providing support to movies like Top Gun in exchange for editorial control, the Department of Defense (DoD) makes military service look adventurous, comradely, and righteous. And they use the debt and hardship of young Americans to make service seem like a good life decision.
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How we built analytics.usa.gov

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By Eric Mill, Leah Bannon, Shawn Allen
| 18f.gsa.gov
The U.S. federal government now has a public dashboard and dataset for its web traffic, at analytics.usa.gov. This data comes from a unified Google Analytics profile that is managed by the Digital Analytics Program, which (like 18F) is a team inside of the General Services Administration, an independent federal agency. 18F worked with the Digital Analytics Program, the U.S. Digital Service, and the White House to build and host the dashboard and its public dataset.
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Announcing The /Developer Program: A New Hub for Federal API Creators

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By Leah Bannon
| 18f.gsa.gov
We recently launched our /Developer Program (pronounced “slash developer”) to help federal agencies develop useful, robust APIs. The Program is a collection of educational resources, opportunities to engage the community for help and feedback, and tools that can help you build APIs — essentially an ever-growing knowledge base curated by 18F.
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