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    {"title" :"A Conversation With ITIF About the State of Federal Government Websites","summary" : "Since it’s been nearly six months since their report was released, we wanted to check in with ITIF and see what they’ve learned, what they’ve heard from agencies and what their future plans are to build on this research.","date" : "2017-09-20T11:00:00-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"andreanocesigritz" : "Andrea Sigritz"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/09/2017-09-20-a-conversation-with-itif-about-state-federal-government-websites.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/09/2017-09-20-a-conversation-with-itif-about-state-federal-government-websites.md","slug" : "a-conversation-with-itif-about-state-federal-government-websites","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/09/20/a-conversation-with-itif-about-state-federal-government-websites/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of 2017, the ITIF (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) released \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitalgov.gov/2017/03/24/new-itif-report-inspires-a-closer-look-at-website-performance-and-security-here-is-where-to-begin/\"\u003ea report\u003c/a\u003e that benchmarked 300 federal websites in four areas: page-load speed, mobile friendliness, security and accessibility. Some sites fared better than others, but the report highlighted that our federal sites have a ways to go (DigitalGov included) in these areas.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at these four metrics is important as they directly impact our customers’ first perceptions of the quality of our government’s digital services.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince it’s been nearly six months since the report was released, we wanted to check in with ITIF and see what they’ve learned, what they’ve heard from agencies and what their future plans are to build on this research. ITIF will also discuss their report and methodology behind it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n        src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/itif-presentation-title-slide.jpg\"alt=\"ITIF presentation title card, Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisclaimer\u003c/strong\u003e: All references to specific brands and/or companies are used only for illustrative purposes and do not imply endorsement by the U.S. federal government or any federal government agency.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFederal agencies can register their mobile products—mobile websites and native apps—on the \u003ca href=\"https://usdigitalregistry.digitalgov.gov/\"\u003eU.S. Digital Registry\u003c/a\u003e to verify that they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitalgov.gov/2015/10/23/is-your-site-mobile-friendly/\"\u003emobile-friendly\u003c/a\u003e, authoritative sources of government information. \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitalgov.gov/2016/02/29/is-your-federal-mobile-app-or-website-in-the-u-s-digital-registry/\"\u003eLearn more\u003c/a\u003e about the Registry (there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-7m1Cl8Fk\"\u003ean instructional webinar\u003c/a\u003e), and \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitalgov.gov/services/u-s-digital-registry/\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you have a .gov or .mil email address and would like to connect with other feds in these fields, check out our \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitalgov.gov/communities/\"\u003eCommunities\u003c/a\u003e page to find out how to join the Listservs for MobileGov, Government Customer Experience (CX), User Experience (UX), Web Content Managers, and more.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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