Ad Hoc LLC

Today, we get to welcome Katharine Murphy to Ad Hoc as the new VP of our Federal Civilian business unit. Katharine brings 30 years of experience as a hands-on software engineer and senior leader at major federal technology contractors. We’re so excited for Katharine to bring her expertise to our FedCiv team and help Ad Hoc continue to grow our presence with federal civilian agencies, state and local governments, and commercial customers. Welcome to the team Katharine!

This summer, Ad Hoc donated 30 laptops to Ukrainian refugee children living in Wiśniew, Poland as part of a charity program to help children and families connect with other refugees. Many refugees and families in this area have no access or limited access to computers, and we hope these laptops can provide a way for children to continue their studies in their native language and potentially an avenue to better-paying remote jobs for adults. Thank you to Global Volunteers and Adam Robinson and family for putting these laptops to good use and helping ensure the recipients were set up for success. Read more about the summer camp where the kids received their laptops in our latest blog post. https://lnkd.in/gFbydvAW

Want to learn more about some of the work we do, our culture, and opportunities to join the team? Tune in to Ad Hoc's YouTube channel and check out our webinar and recruiting playlists! ▶ Webinars: Dive into our collection of webinar recordings where experts from across our team share insights on critical work we're doing to create effective government digital services. ▶ Recruiting events: Interested in joining Ad Hoc? Our virtual recruiting events will give you a peek into what it's like working with a remote company and how you can bring your technology skills to make an impact on important public services. Subscribe to stay updated on all the exciting things happening at Ad Hoc. We look forward to connecting with you!  https://lnkd.in/gjyzZ3vz #govtech #remotejobs

Introducing the US Mobile Design System (USMDS) In our work supporting the development of mobile apps for government services, we identified a critical gap: a design system tailored specifically for native mobile. To bridge this gap, we've created the USMDS, an open-source community project adapted from the US Web Design System and hosted in Figma’s Design Community. This project establishes standards for applying government design principles to native apps, and we’re excited to see how it evolves with your input. Learn more about the USMDS in our latest blog post, then join us on Figma to continue the conversation and help shape the future of government design for native mobile.  https://lnkd.in/gck6VNmV #mobile #govtech #designsystems

We are so proud of our CFO, Randy Bloxsome, who has been named one of WashingtonExec’s Top CFOs to watch in 2024. Randy just celebrated his first anniversary with Ad Hoc, and in that short time, he has helped us continue our transition to a large business and has been an integral part of the strategic planning that will help us scale as we take on more challenges. You’ve proven yourself to be an incredible asset to our leadership team, Randy, and we offer up a huge congratulations on this recognition! https://lnkd.in/dteD8dNh

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Our team is excited and honored to have been selected to join the Policy2Code Prototyping Challenge and explore how AI can translate public benefits program policies into plain language explanations and software code. From our experience supporting complex, highly regulated services like those at CMS and VA, we understand how hard it can be for agencies to turn these complicated policies into easy-to-use digital experiences. Mistakes in the process can affect both the agency and those that need public services, so our prototype looks at how generative AI can help transform complex policy documents into clear, easy-to-read language and clean, well-documented code. Our prototype tests how well a simple domain specific language (DSL) might help guide AI to create clear descriptions, working code, and accurate tests. We hope that this approach will better ensure that program experts are the authoritative source of program information, which others can use to turn program rules into working software code or plain language descriptions. 

If you missed our webinar last week on adding native mobile apps to your CX strategy, you’re in luck! We’ve just uploaded the recording and would love to have you check it out. Take a look to learn about: -How we helped the VA build their successful Health and Benefits mobile app -How to determine if a native mobile app is right for you -What steps you need to take to create your own mobile success story Contact our team of mobile app experts at hello@adhocteam.us to learn more about whether a native mobile app is right for your agency. #mobile #cx #govtech https://lnkd.in/g9uV-Jnw

Congratulations to Mickin Sahni and Joshua Zieve for making it to the final round of the GSA Federal AI Hackathon! We love to see agencies putting together events like this to drive the use of emerging technologies in a way that serves user needs. And congratulations to all the other teams involved!

We're excited to have a team participating in the GSA’s Federal AI Hackathon today. Ad Hoc’s Mickin Sahni and Joshua Zieve will be working to propose a solution for how federal websites can ensure LLMs generate reliable, authoritative answers to questions from the public. Thank you to GSA for hosting this hackathon and offering an opportunity to contribute innovative ideas to advance government digital services. Stay tuned for updates about how the team did and what we learned! #ai #govtech #cx