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Since it launched in 2004, it has been a forum for high-level cross-agency collaboration, and has helped to develop and shape policies and guidelines for U.S. federal websites, much of which are documented here on \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/resources\"\u003eDigital.gov\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/guides/21st-century-idea/\"\u003e21st Century IDEA\u003c/a\u003e, the Council is stepping up again to perform the same role. They’re asking the right questions, identifying and discussing the challenges, and producing recommendations—with the goal of helping others across government take the right steps forward.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the summer, the Council worked to better understand how to help federal agencies meet the requirements of 21st Century IDEA. They gathered questions and feedback from the government Web Content Managers Community with the goal of identifying the areas of the law where agencies need more clarification on their responsibilities under the Act. In the coming weeks, we’ll be helping the Council to surface a lot of the findings from their work with you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/resources/federal-web-council/\"\u003eView our new page on the Federal Web Council, meet the members »\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/topics/digital-service-delivery/\"\u003eAn overview of 21st Century IDEA\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"up-next\"\u003eUp Next\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/event/2019/11/04/foundations-agile-i/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur series of talks on Agile\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e from 18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette have been wildly popular, and give an amazing overview of how to manage a product team that is doing iterative, user-centered product development. The \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/events/\"\u003eremaining 3 sessions\u003c/a\u003e  are this week. You can also \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/event/2019/11/04/foundations-agile-i/\"\u003ewatch all of the sessions\u003c/a\u003e via the links on the event pages.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe U.S. Web Design System: November monthly call\u003c/strong\u003e will be on Thurs, Nov 21, at 2:30 pm, ET. — \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/event/2019/11/21/us-web-design-system-november-monthly-call/\"\u003eRegister\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon\u0026rsquo;t miss the illustrious Ginny Redish\u003c/strong\u003e as she talks user experience (UX) and plain language strategies on Weds, Nov 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ET. — \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/event/2019/11/13/ginny-redish-how-collaborate-on-strategies/\"\u003eRegister\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"quotes-from-the-field-and-shout-outs\"\u003eQuotes from the field and shout-outs\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Thanks for a great session today. I always leave inspired and hopeful when the federal digital community is brought together.\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eHeather Stern, Digital Director at OPM\u003c/strong\u003e after a recent in-person workshop at the GSA around the U.S. Web Design System.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuge shout out to the teams at FEMA and DHS on launching the new \u003ca href=\"https://ready.gov/\"\u003eReady.gov\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://ready.gov/kids\"\u003eReady.gov Kids\u003c/a\u003e, using the U.S. Web Design System. \u003cem\u003e“These teams did a tremendous job, and are really pushing the envelope here at DHS on how we iterate and design using the USWDS.”\u003c/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Harmon, Director, Web Communications, DHS\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHave a 21st Century IDEA related comment or question? Or maybe you’d like to shout out some work your team has done? Send it to us by 3 pm ET on Thursdays (\u003ca href=\"mailto:digitalgov@gsa.gov\"\u003edigitalgov@gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e) and we’ll work to incorporate it into the next week’s newsletter.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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