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V. David Zvenyach

Vladlen David Zvenyach (born January 16, 1982) is an American government technology executive,[4] author, lawyer,[5] and professor.[6] From 2021 to 2022, he served in the Biden Administration as the Director of the Technology Transformation Services and the Deputy of the Federal Acquisition Service in the U.S. General Services Administration.[7] Zvenyach's prior roles in public service included serving was the Executive Director of the federal innovation organization 18F[8] and the Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Systems Management within the Federal Acquisition Service.[9] In his role at 18F, he pioneered new methods of government procurement.[10] Zvenyach is also the author of Coding for Lawyers.[11]

V. David Zvenyach
Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service
In office
January 20, 2021 – September 9, 2022
PresidentJoseph R. Biden
Succeeded byAnn Lewis
Executive Director, 18F
In office
2016–2017
Preceded byAaron Snow
Succeeded byRebecca Piazza
Personal details
Born
Vladlen David Zvenyach[1]

(1982-01-16) January 16, 1982 (age 42)[2]
Hennepin, Minnesota[3]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin (B.S.)
George Washington University (J.D.)
ProfessionAttorney and technology advisor

Career

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From 2021 to 2022, Zvenyach was a senior technical adviser at the General Services Administration, where he served as the Deputy of the Federal Acquisition Service and Director of the Technology Transformation Service.[12][13] He previously served as the Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Systems Management, Federal Acquisition Service;[4] Acting Executive Director, 18F;[9] and the Assistant Commissioner of Acquisition for GSA's Technology Transformation Service.[4][14][15] 18F is division inside the GSA that focused on "injecting the startup culture in the federal government,"[16] and Zvenyach helped it maintain senior-level support as the executive branch transitioned from the Obama to Trump administrations.[17][18]

Zvenyach resigned from his position as a senior technical adviser and Director of GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS) on September 9, 2022.[13] This occurred shortly before the release of a report by the GSA Inspector General that was critical of TTS decisions in that role.[19] [20][21]

On March 7, 2023, after his resignation, the GSA Office of the Inspector General released a highly critical report titled "GSA Misled Customers on Login.gov’s Compliance with Digital Identity Standard."[22] According to the report, Zvenyach potentially misled General Services Administration senior leadership and other federal agencies on numerous occasions over a series of months, before noting:

"As the senior official over TTS and Login.gov, Zvenyach should have reviewed the standards to identify the implications of his decision to cease efforts to implement a selfie-check feature. Zvenyach was uniquely qualified to review those requirements with his prior GSA experience as the Executive Director overseeing Login.gov in 18F, and as an attorney trained in interpreting rules and requirements."[22]

Prior to joining the federal government, Zvenyach served as General Counsel for the Council of the District of Columbia[23] and Chief of Staff to Councilmember Mary Cheh.[24] In D.C. government, Zvenyach was responsible for publishing the D.C. Code available online for free, in searchable format, and without any copyright restrictions.[6][25]

Zvenyach was an adjunct faculty member with the George Washington University Law School,[23] teaching a class entitled Open Government Data, Law 6351.[26] He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University Law School.[27]

Awards and technical achievements

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Zvenyach created SCOTUSServo, which tweets whenever the U.S. Supreme Court surreptitiously changes one of the opinions it has published online.[28] As a consequence, the Supreme Court changed its policy on providing notice about changes to opinions.[29]

He is the author of "Coding for Lawyers," which is intended for lawyers and teaches "regular expressions, Markdown, HTML, data types, using arrays, and coding in Python."[30]

Zvenyach was named among the Federal 100 by FCW in 2017,[31] was named Legal Hacker of the Year in 2014 by the DC Legal Hackers,[32] awarded the FastCase 50 in 2014,[27] and received the Exception Service award from the D.C. Bar Association in 2014.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Platform Switch for GW Law Alumni | GW Alumni Association | the George Washington University".
  2. ^ "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Miller, Jason (2017-09-18). "GSA fills key management positions in the Federal Acquisition Service". FederalNewsRadio.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  5. ^ a b "Legal Beat: July/August 2014". www.dcbar.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. ^ a b Li, Victor (2015-09-22). "V. David Zvenyach: Professional legal hacker". www.abajournal.com. American Bar Association. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ^ Rivers, Brenda Marie (2021-02-22). "GSA's Dave Zvenyach on Digital Services Unit's Role in Assisted Acquisition, Government Service Transformation". Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  8. ^ Rockwell, Mark (2018-05-16). "GSA moves grant site -- FCW". FCW. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  9. ^ a b Miller, Jason (2016-10-07). "GSA's 18F executive director moving on". FederalNewsRadio.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  10. ^ Cabrera, Marquis (2016-11-01). "18F Director, David Zvenyach, Explains Agile Government Procurements". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  11. ^ "Podcast #59: Why Lawyers Should Learn to Code, with V. David Zvenyach". Lawyerist.com. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  12. ^ "Bio: Dave Zvenyach". American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  13. ^ a b "GSA's Dave Zvenyach to exit government". FCW. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  14. ^ "18F Executive Director Leaves Role for Another Position in GSA". www.govtech.com. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  15. ^ "Biography for Dave Zvenyach, General Services Administration" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  16. ^ Cabrera, Marquis (2017-03-09). "How 18F aims to take the pain out of the government procurement process". CIO Magazine. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  17. ^ Cordell, Carten (2017-07-22). "Will 'acceptable failure' be acceptable in Trump administration?". Federal Times. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  18. ^ "Could Trump bring back the Fairness Doctrine?". POLITICO Morning Tech. POLITICO. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  19. ^ "For years, GSA deceived agency customers about Login.gov's security bonafides". Federal News Network. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  20. ^ Podcast, Public Impact (14 June 2016). "Episode 1: 18F's Dave Zvenyach Talks $1 Procurement – Public Impact Podcast – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  21. ^ "Dave Zvenyach: How 18F Found Success with Its Micro-Purchase Platform - Public Spend Forum". www.publicspendforum.net. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  22. ^ a b "GSA Misled Customers on Login.gov's Compliance with Digital Identity Standards" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  23. ^ a b "David Zvenyach | GW Law | The George Washington University". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  24. ^ "David Zvenyach". National Archives. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  25. ^ "Governments Making It Easier for Citizens to Know the Law". www.governing.com. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  26. ^ "GW Law 6351: Reading Group: Open Government Data". opengovdata.github.io. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  27. ^ a b "Speaker Bios". SANDALL. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2018-06-07.[dead link‍]
  28. ^ "Inside the Supreme Court's little-known revision process". PBS NewsHour. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  29. ^ "We Got Scooped: SCOTUS Edition | On The Media | WNYC Studios". wnycstudios. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  30. ^ "Zvenyach: Coding for Lawyers". Legal Informatics Blog. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  31. ^ "Federal 100: David Zvenyach -- FCW". FCW. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  32. ^ "DC Legal Hackers". dclegalhackers.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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