Luke Fretwell

Strategist

Lafayette, CA

About Luke Fretwell

Luke grew up and worked in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for most of his life until heading west to San Francisco in 2000 to scratch his Silicon Valley itch.

In May 2009, Luke founded GovFresh, a website focused on technology in government. Called the “TechCrunch of Gov 2.0,” GovFresh has been referenced in Fast Company,Mashable, The White House Blog, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, TechPresident, among others, and has a great list of civic accomplishments.

In 2011 Luke organized SFOpen, San Francisco’s first mayoral debate on technology and open government.

Other civic technology related initiatives he’s been part of include CityCamp, CivicMeet,OpenGov West and more.

During college, as managing editor and editor-in-chief of George Mason University’s student newspaper, Broadside, Luke led the paper to win its first Associated Collegiate Press honors. He received GMU’s Student Leadership Award for his work and graduated with degrees in International Relations and Government & Politics.

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Posts

FedScoop: ‘How the federal government is using IT to lower costs’

CivicActions Director of Professional Services Elizabeth Raley moderated the agile panel at FedScoop’s 8th annual Lowering the Cost of Government with IT Summit.

| 2016-09-12T14:43:19+00:00 September 12th, 2016|Categories: Agile, Agile Government Leadership, Government, Press, Procurement|Tags: Elizabeth Raley, FedScoop|

Government Technology: ‘4 Roadblocks to Agile Development and How to Overcome Them’

CivicActions was featured on Nov 17, 2014 of Government Technology where Bill Haight and Elizabeth Raley discussed agile and waterfall methodologies, relationships in government, and the Agile Government Leadership.

| 2016-06-17T22:03:06+00:00 November 24th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Agile Government Leadership, Press|Tags: Elizabeth Raley|

Federal Times: ‘Say goodbye to 100 page RFPs – 18F found another way’

CivicActions was featured on July 27, 2015 of Federal Times that features how 18F is leading a new industry standard Agile BPA for federal procurement by abandoning the traditional RFP process.

| 2016-06-17T22:17:29+00:00 July 30th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Press|Tags: 18F|

Fedscoop: ‘Behind the scenes of 18F’s agile contract’

CivicActions was featured on July 15, 2015 of Fedscoop that features the General Services Administration's 18F Agile Delivery Services Blanket Purchase Agreement.

| 2016-06-17T22:19:50+00:00 July 17th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Press|Tags: 18F, Aaron Pava|

FCW: ‘One company shows how it is embracing agile’

CivicActions was featured in the July 30, 2015 print issue of Federal Computer Week related to our work around the General Services Administration and 18F open request for quotation for a new federal marketplace for agile delivery services.

| 2016-06-17T23:20:49+00:00 July 15th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Press|Tags: 18F|

FCW: ‘Is government ready for agile?’

CivicActions was featured on Feb 13, 2015 of Federal Computer Week that discusses the U.S. Digital Services Playbook, 18F's open-source policy, and the Agile Government Handbook.

| 2016-06-17T22:26:14+00:00 February 20th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Press|Tags: 18F, Agile Government Handbook, Elizabeth Raley|

NextGov: ‘This is What Agile Development Should Look Like in the Federal Government’

CivicActions was featured on Feb 9, 2015 of NextGov that discusses The Agile Government Leadership and launch of the Agile Government Handbook.

| 2016-06-17T22:31:55+00:00 February 16th, 2015|Categories: Agile, Agile Government Leadership, Press|Tags: Agile Government Handbook|