/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/authors/darlene-meskell/ Recent content on Digital.gov Hugo en-us /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/13/us-canada-and-mexico-collaborate-to-improve-open-government-and-digital-services/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:10:14 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/13/us-canada-and-mexico-collaborate-to-improve-open-government-and-digital-services/ Many forces are converging to strengthen the political, economic and commercial ties that bind the United States, Canada and Mexico. The GSA Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) has anticipated this drive toward collaboration for decades, building a network of links among the three nations’ Chief Information Officers and other national technology and data experts. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/31/the-best-e-gov-websites-in-the-world/ Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:00:45 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/31/the-best-e-gov-websites-in-the-world/ In Design Secrets of the World’s Best e-Government Web Sites, the Asia-Pacific online communications powerhouse FutureGov singles out eight national e-government portals as the best-designed in the world, and identifies the best practices these sites exemplify. “Ultimately, these websites are the best in the world because they are designed to /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/28/government-it-is-a-small-world/ Wed, 28 May 2014 10:20:48 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/28/government-it-is-a-small-world/ The world is getting smaller all the time for those who deal with issues of information technology (IT) in government. GSA’s long-standing relationships with high-level government IT officials in other countries are becoming more and more useful to the smooth functioning of government. With the widespread use of the Internet to conduct government business, IT /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/12/19/citizen-needs-come-first-for-uk-websites/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:02:31 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/12/19/citizen-needs-come-first-for-uk-websites/ We have long believed that “governments learn best from other governments” and encourage far-ranging discussions with experts from other countries, as well as state and local governments. An example of this came to fruition when Michael Bracken, creator and director of the United Kingdom’s Government Digital Service, spoke to