Re: [Gov't APIs] Digest for us-government-apis@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

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Jake Morgan

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Jun 16, 2026, 11:52:06 AM (11 days ago) Jun 16
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It's been a pleasure Gray! Lots of pizza, soda, and beer over the years!

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Gray Brooks <gray....@gsa.gov>: Jun 15 05:15PM -0400

Hi folks,
 
I hope that this note finds you doing okay wherever you are.
 
We started up the US Government API Community of Practice listserve in 2013
to make sure that there was a forum for people thinking about and working
on APIs across the federal government. It definitely served that purpose.
The Google Group is currently showing 399 message threads from over the
years and I know that I found the community very helpful as a sounding
board and source of inspiration.
 
But I'm a fan of keeping an eye on things and winding them down at the
appropriate time. Especially starting in 2020, folks' communication
preferences and needs started to shift and that's not a bad thing. Govies
and agencies still need to be thinking about and talking about how APIs
should fit into their strategies and tactics more than they do, but that's
always been the case and I think it's safe to say now that this community
of practice helped with that for a long time but now is ready for pasture.
 
I'm going to keep the group visible so that the archives stay available,
but as of this week, I plan to turn off further messaging and cease
accepting new join requests.
 
There's a lot still to do and I look forward to working with you all to try
to keep doing it. :)
 
Ever forward,
 
Gray B.
 
 
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Kin Lane <kin...@gmail.com>: Jun 15 02:20PM -0700

Thank you for the time it was here.
 
On Monday, June 15, 2026 at 5:16:14 PM UTC-4 Gray Brooks wrote:
 
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