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    {"title" :"10 Years of Digital Government—A Retrospective","summary" : "In December of 2004, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the first Policies for Federal Public Websites. Over the past decade, we’ve seen technology completely transform how government delivers information and services to the public. On this 10-year anniversary, we’re taking a walk down memory lane to recap some of the pivotal moments","date" : "2014-12-18T03:09:04-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rflagg" : "Rachel Flagg"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-18-10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-18-10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective.md","slug" : "10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/18/10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/12/600-x-440-Birthday-candles-number-ten-isolated-on-white-background-vladvvm-iStock-Thinkstock-522583483.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Birthday candles number ten isolated on white background\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn December of 2004, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the first \u003ca href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/fy2005/m05-04.pdf\" title=\"Policies for Federal Public Websites\"\u003ePolicies for Federal Public Websites\u003c/a\u003e. Over the past decade, we’ve seen technology completely transform how government delivers information and services to the public.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn this 10-year anniversary, we’re taking a walk down memory lane to recap some of the pivotal moments that have shaped today’s digital government landscape.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c/strong\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eActivity\u003c/strong\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    2004\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      February—Facebook launches (for colleges; opens to the public 2007)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      March—Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI) convenes to draft Web recommendations\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      June—ICGI issues Recommendations for Federal Web Policies\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      July—ICGI becomes the Web Content Management Working Group (predecessor to Federal Web Managers Council)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      August—HHS publishes its seminal \u003cem\u003eResearch-Based Web Design \u0026 Usability Guidelines\u003c/em\u003e (foundation for Usability.gov)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      December—OMB issues M-05-04 Policies for Federal Public Websites\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    2005\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—NARA issues guidance on scheduling Web records\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      February—YouTube launches\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      September—Web community implements content \u0026#8220;lanes\u0026#8221; for disaster response (Katrina); First Web Manager Conference at GWU\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      December—Small Business Administration is the first federal agency on YouTube\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2006\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      April—Intellipedia, the first interagency wiki, launches\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      July—Twitter launches; USGS provides earthquake info via RSS\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      August—NOAA creates tsunami simulations in Second Life\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      December—OMB wiki (future MAX community) launches\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2007\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—FirstGov.gov changes its name to USA.gov\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      May—HHS Womenshealth.gov is first federal agency on Twitter; NASA creates virtual rockets, space stations in Second Life\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2008\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—First presidential blog from Air Force One\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      April—Gobierno.usa.gov tweets in Spanish\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      November—Web Council issues \u0026#8220;Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Government\u0026#8221; white paper\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      December—Web Council issues \u0026#8220;Social Media Barriers \u0026 Solutions\u0026#8221; white paper; WCAG 2.0 published as a W3C Recommendation\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2009\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—Open Government Directive issued; weekly Presidential Address via YouTube begins\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      February—First federal-friendly Terms of Service (TOS) signed (YouTube)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      March—DigitalGov Search relaunches using an open source technology stack; moves to gov’t (not vendor) owned\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      May—Data.gov launches; USGovernment channel launches on YouTube to consolidate gov’t content\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      June—IT Dashboard publishes data on IT spending\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      November—CDC\u0026#8217;s H1n1 YouTube video gets 2 million views\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2010\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—Plain Writing Act; Social media used to locate Haiti earthquake victims, people text donations\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      February—National Archives adds historic photos to Flickr Commons\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      June—OMB issues Social Media guidance memos\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      July—USA.gov launches Apps.USA.gov to highlight mobile apps across government\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      August—First Fridays Usability Program conducts first test of Travel.state.gov\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      September—Challenge.gov launches; USA.gov releases iPhone app\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      November—HowTo.gov launches; First International Open Data Conference held in DC\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2011\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      February—DigitalGov Search becomes SaaS; grows 500% to serve 1,500 government websites by 2014\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      March—USA.gov URL Shortener launches\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      April—Second Customer Service Executive Order issued (first was in 1993)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      June—OMB updates PRA guidance to allow Fast-Track reviews\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      July—Tweetup with @NASA for the final shuttle launch\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2012\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      April—Social Media Registry goes live\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      May—Digital Government Strategy released (separate content from presentation; improve customer experience w/digital services)\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      October—WCAG 2.0 accepted as ISO standard\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2013\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      May—Open Data Policy issued\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      October—NARA issues guidance on managing social media records\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-row grid-gap tablet:margin-top-2\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-2 first\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      2014\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"tablet:grid-col-10\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      January—DigitalGov.gov soft-launches\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      March—Federal Web Managers Council provides \u0026#8220;PRA Barriers and Solutions\u0026#8221; recommendations to OMB; Customer Service Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal issued to improve customer experience\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      May—First DigitalGov Summit\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      November— U.S. Digital Services Playbook released\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\n      December—U.S. Public Participation Playbook released\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s your most memorable Digital Gov moment of the past decade? Tell us in the comments.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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