[thedufer]

I would assume they're pointing at the comment at the top of this thread ("They built / manage login.gov?") rather than the article itself.

[epistasis]

I guess that's why I'm confused, which facts are not straight or were corrected?

[thedufer]

18f built but did not then manage login.gov. It was handed off elsewhere. The implication of them managing it was that disbanding 18f left login.gov ownerless (or at least handed off to some group that knows nothing about it) which does not seem to be the case.