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Re:The United States Digital Corps by tonymet on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:48PM (#30959470)
What does 18F mean?

Our name is short for the address of the GSA building where we’re headquartered in Washington, DC: 1800 F Street.

For those curious about the inappropriate-sounding name

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Re:The United States Digital Corps by ericmay on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:51PM (#30959523)
When I saw that, the first thing that came to mind was that it's the military occupation specialty (MOS) for US Army special forces (18x).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_For...

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Re:The United States Digital Corps by wmeredith on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:58PM (#30959613)
Am I naive? How is "18F" inappropriate?
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Re:The United States Digital Corps by z3c0 on Friday April 08, 2022 @01:00PM (#30959659)
Eighteen-year-old female
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