[2] The company grew out of the job board HirePurpose and its content originally had a focus on helping soldiers transition back to civilian life.

[3] In 2018 managing editor Adam Weinstein resigned after CEO Zachary Iscol requested that he change the title of a ProPublica investigation into undue influence over the Department of Veterans Affairs featured on the site.

Weinstein also said that this was not the first time that management, specifically Iscol, had interfered in the editorial process in an effort to make the publication appealing to more conservative readers.

A 2018 article titled "‘They didn’t have to kill him’: The death of Lance Corporal Brian Easley" by author Aaron Gell was later made into the movie "Breaking" starring John Boyega and the late Michael K.

Notable authors who have contributed work to Task & Purpose include President Barack Obama and the late Senator John McCain.