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With over 2.28 million app downloads and 17.8 million monthly visitors on VA.gov, these digital tools provide faster, easier, and more inclusive access to VA services. Learn more about how these technologies are often Veterans’ first interaction with VA by watching their latest video, Digital Front Door: Expanding Access to VA.","summary" : "More Veterans are turning to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for healthcare and benefits, accessing these services online through tools like the VA Health and Benefits mobile app and VA.gov. With over 2.28 million app downloads and 17.8 million monthly visitors on VA.gov, these digital tools provide faster, easier, and more inclusive access to VA services. Learn more about how these technologies are often Veterans’ first interaction with VA by watching their latest video, Digital Front Door: Expanding Access to VA.","date" : "2024-06-26T00:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "accessibility" : "Accessibility", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "best-practices" : "Best practices", "communication" : "Communication", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "design" : "Design", "human-centered-design" : "Human-centered design", "trust" : "Trust" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2024-06-27-digital-front-door-expanding-access-to-va.md", "filepath" :"news/2024/06/2024-06-27-digital-front-door-expanding-access-to-va.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2024/06/2024-06-27-digital-front-door-expanding-access-to-va.md", "editpathURL" 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"filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/services/service_api-data-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/services/service_api-data-gov.md","source_url" : "https://api.data.gov/","weight" : "2","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/services/service_api-data-gov/" },{"title" :"Code.gov","summary" : "A collection of federal source code including open source software.","date" : "0001-01-01T00:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"joseph-castle" : "Joseph Castle"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"service_codegov.md", "filepath" :"services/service_codegov.md", "filepathURL" 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The team will give an introduction to the problems the U.S. Data Federation seeks to address, describe its approach, and share its vision for the future of the initiative.","date" : "2019-04-17T14:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"amy-mok" : "Amy Mok","julia-lindpaintner" : "Julia Lindpaintner","pashlock" : "Phil Ashlock"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-source" : "Open source" },"primary_image" : { "uid" : "data-federation-banner", "alt" : "The United States Data Federation logo on a field of blue", "width" : "395", "height" : "395", "credit" : "", "caption" : "", "format" : "png" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2019-04-17-an-introduction-us-data-federation.md", "filepath" :"events/2019/04/2019-04-17-an-introduction-us-data-federation.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2019/04/2019-04-17-an-introduction-us-data-federation.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2019/04/2019-04-17-an-introduction-us-data-federation.md","slug" : "an-introduction-us-data-federation","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/04/17/an-introduction-us-data-federation/" },{"title" :"Government API Community of Practice - Quarterly Check-In","summary" : "This afternoon event is an opportunity for API practitioners from across federal agencies to come together, share news, and discuss topics of interest.","date" : "2019-03-27T15:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"featured_image" : { "uid" : "", "alt" : "" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2019-03-27-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepath" :"events/2019/03/2019-03-27-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2019/03/2019-03-27-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2019/03/2019-03-27-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md","slug" : "government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/03/27/government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin/" },{"title" :"Q\u0026amp;A With Ryan Day About GSA’s API Strategy","deck" : "These new API standards will make it easier for GSA staff to launch and maintain good APIs.","summary" : "These new API standards will make it easier for GSA staff to launch and maintain good APIs.","date" : "2019-03-27T13:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks","ryan-day" : "Ryan Day"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-source" : "Open source", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"featured_image" : { "uid" : "q-and-a", "alt" : "" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2019-03-27-qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy.md", "filepath" :"news/2019/03/2019-03-27-qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2019/03/2019-03-27-qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2019/03/2019-03-27-qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy.md","slug" : "qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2019/03/27/qa-with-ryan-day-about-gsas-api-strategy/" },{"title" :"Government API Community - Quarterly Check-In","summary" : "An opportunity for API practitioners from across federal agencies to come together, share news, and discuss topics of interest.","date" : "2018-10-24T15:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"featured_image" : { "uid" : "", "alt" : "" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2018-10-24-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepath" :"events/2018/10/2018-10-24-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/10/2018-10-24-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/10/2018-10-24-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md","slug" : "government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2018/10/24/government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin/" },{"title" :"Government API Community of Practice - Quarterly Check-In","summary" : "This afternoon event is an opportunity for API practitioners from across federal agencies to come together, share news, and discuss topics of interest. Remote participants will be able to join in via Google Hangout. Anyone with a federal .gov or .mil address is welcome to attend.","date" : "2018-07-11T15:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"featured_image" : { "uid" : "", "alt" : "" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2018-07-11-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepath" :"events/2018/07/2018-07-11-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/07/2018-07-11-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/07/2018-07-11-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md","slug" : "us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2018/07/11/us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin/" },{"title" :"U.S. Government API Community of Practice - Quarterly Check-In","summary" : "This afternoon event is an opportunity for API practitioners from across federal agencies to come together, share news, and discuss topics of interest. Anyone with a federal .gov or .mil address is welcome to attend.","date" : "2018-04-25T15:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"featured_image" : { "uid" : "", "alt" : "" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2018-04-25-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepath" :"events/2018/04/2018-04-25-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/04/2018-04-25-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/events/2018/04/2018-04-25-us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin.md","slug" : "us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2018/04/25/us-government-api-community-practice-quarterly-checkin/" },{"title" :"Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)","deck" : "Working to advance the cause of APIs in the federal government","summary" : "Working to advance the cause of APIs in the federal government.","date" : "2018-03-29T03:30:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"apis.md", "filepath" :"communities/apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/communities/apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/communities/apis.md","slug" : "apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/apis/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Design-Driven Enterprise Architecture Creating the New Federal Government Agency","summary" : "It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on enterprise architecture (EA). My last in-depth work with EA was around 2011 when I was on detail to the Office of Personnel Management’s Open Government Team. The EA model I worked with was the top-down organizational design of information technology assets, data assets, and business processes.","date" : "2017-06-07T12:00:19-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "best-practices" : "Best practices", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "information-architecture" : "Information architecture", "open-data" : "Open data", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2017-06-07-the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency.md", "filepath" :"news/2017/06/2017-06-07-the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/06/2017-06-07-the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/06/2017-06-07-the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/06/07/the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency/" },{"title" :"The New FEC.gov","summary" : "Last week, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) unveiled their new website at FEC.gov. This new site is the result of a years-long collaboration with GSA’s 18F and features completely revamped tools for exploring campaign finance data. It provides user-centered content for understanding the reporting and compliance requirements for people participating in federal elections, redesigned tools","date" : "2017-06-06T10:25:09-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"noah-manger" : "Noah Manger","jennifer-thibault" : "Jennifer Thibault"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "design" : "Design", "human-centered-design" : "Human-centered design", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "plain-language" : "Plain language", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2017-06-06-the-new-fec-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2017/06/2017-06-06-the-new-fec-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/06/2017-06-06-the-new-fec-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/06/2017-06-06-the-new-fec-gov.md","slug" : "the-new-fec-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/06/06/the-new-fec-gov/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: The Department of Education Needs Your Help with their First Developers\u0026#8217; Site","summary" : "The Department of Education (ED) launched its first developer site. The developer site is built on GitHub which will make it easier for ED to centralize their code and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Currently, ten APIs are on the developer site: The Civil Right Data Collection (CRDC) APIs: These three APIs give information on public","date" : "2017-04-19T11:00:26-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2017-04-19-the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site.md", "filepath" :"news/2017/04/2017-04-19-the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/04/2017-04-19-the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/04/2017-04-19-the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/19/the-data-briefing-the-department-of-education-needs-your-help-with-their-first-developers-site/" },{"title" :"Inspiring Data Forum at the Canadian Space Agency","summary" : "Last [month], NASA Open Innovation Program Manager Dr. Beth Beck and her team traveled to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) near Montreal, Canada to attend the Inspiring Data Forum graciously hosted by our Open Data neighbors to the North. The goal of this gathering was to bolster the working relationship between the two Space Agency’s","date" : "2017-04-10T11:00:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jason-duley" : "Jason Duley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2017-04-10-inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency.md", "filepath" :"news/2017/04/2017-04-10-inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/04/2017-04-10-inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/04/2017-04-10-inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency.md","slug" : "inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/10/inspiring-data-forum-at-the-canadian-space-agency/" },{"title" :"DigitalGov University in Review: 2016 Training Trends","summary" : "Thanks to your participation, DigitalGov University (DGU), the events platform for DigitalGov, hosted over 90 events with 6,648 attendees from over 100 agencies across federal, tribal, state, and local governments.","date" : "2017-01-11T12:00:02-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jthalls" : "Janelle Thalls"},"topics" : { "accessibility" : "Accessibility", "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "artificial-intelligence" : "Artificial intelligence", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "cloud-and-infrastructure" : "Cloud and infrastructure", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "customer-experience" : "Customer experience", "design" : "Design", "governance" : "Governance", "mobile" : "Mobile", "multimedia" : "Multimedia", "open-data" : "Open data", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "professional-development" : "Professional development", "research" : "Research", "social-media" : "Social media", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2017-01-11-digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends.md", "filepath" :"news/2017/01/2017-01-11-digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/01/2017-01-11-digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/01/2017-01-11-digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends.md","slug" : "digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/01/11/digitalgov-university-in-review-2016-training-trends/" },{"title" :"GSA Presents: Grace Hopper Day Hackathon!","summary" : "The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Digital Service team is excited to be hosting our next agency hackathon on December 9, 2016. Join coders from across the region as we come together in celebration of Grace Hopper’s birthday.","date" : "2016-11-28T02:00:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sara-cope" : "Sara Cope"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "design" : "Design", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-11-28-gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/11/2016-11-28-gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-28-gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-28-gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon.md","slug" : "gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/11/28/gsa-presents-grace-hopper-day-hackathon/" },{"title" :"New Trademark App Open Source Code on GitHub","summary" : "Improving the way the government delivers information technology (IT) solutions to its customers isn’t just a goal, it’s our mission. We at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office know that by publishing our open source code, the public can help us come up with new and better IT solutions. In advance of the new Federal","date" : "2016-11-18T03:00:31-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"david-chiles" : "David Chiles"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-source" : "Open source", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-11-18-new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/11/2016-11-18-new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-18-new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-18-new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github.md","slug" : "new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/11/18/new-trademark-app-open-source-code-on-github/" },{"title" :"Meeting Patients Where They Are: Liberating Clinical Trials Data Under the Cancer Moonshot","summary" : "Cancer clinical trials are a critically important step on the pathway for new or improved treatments to make their way to patients in clinics and hospitals in towns and cities across the country. Patients and their loved ones are relying on these rigorous studies to determine whether promising new therapies and approaches might extend how","date" : "2016-11-16T13:00:23-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sheila-prindiville" : "Sheila Prindiville","michael-balint" : "Michael Balint"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "innovation" : "Innovation", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-11-16-meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/11/2016-11-16-meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-16-meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-16-meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot.md","slug" : "meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/11/16/meeting-patients-where-they-are-liberating-clinical-trials-data-under-the-cancer-moonshot/" },{"title" :"New API Brings EPIC Earth Imagery to Developers","summary" : "Daily imagery data taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera is now accessible via a RESTful API available from the NASA API Portal. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) is an instrument aboard NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite, which orbits at Earth’s Lagrange point, the sweet spot in space where the gravitational tug of the Earth and","date" : "2016-11-04T13:00:11-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"veronica-phillips" : "Veronica Phillips"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-11-04-new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/11/2016-11-04-new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-04-new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/11/2016-11-04-new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers.md","slug" : "new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/11/04/new-api-brings-epic-earth-imagery-to-developers/" },{"title" :"NASA: Open Gov Plan 2016 Outline","summary" : "Here is the outline for our 2016 Open Government Plan. Let us know what you think.","date" : "2016-09-29T02:00:50-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"beth-beck" : "Beth Beck"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science" : "Crowdsourcing and citizen science", "governance" : "Governance", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-government" : "Open government", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-09-29-nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/09/2016-09-29-nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/09/2016-09-29-nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/09/2016-09-29-nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline.md","slug" : "nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/29/nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Microservices and Serverless Apps — A New Direction for Federal Government Mobile Apps?","summary" : "Continuing from last week’s column on DevOps and containers, I will explain two other hot trends in IT — microservices and serverless apps. For those who want official federal government guidance, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft special publication on microservices, application containers, and system virtual machines (PDF, 660","date" : "2016-08-24T10:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-08-24-the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/08/2016-08-24-the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/08/2016-08-24-the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/08/2016-08-24-the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/08/24/the-data-briefing-microservices-and-serverless-apps-a-new-direction-for-federal-government-mobile-apps/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: The Census Business Builder—Mashing Up Census Data to Help Build Businesses","summary" : "The Census Bureau conducts more surveys than just the Constitutionally-mandated Decennial Census. There is also the American Community Survey, the Economic Census, the County Business Patterns series, statistics on Nonemployer businesses, and the Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons. On their own, each survey is full of useful information for researchers, local and state governments, and entrepreneurs.","date" : "2016-07-27T10:00:57-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-07-27-the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/07/2016-07-27-the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/07/2016-07-27-the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/07/2016-07-27-the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/27/the-data-briefing-the-census-business-builder-mashing-up-census-data-to-help-build-businesses/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: I, For One, Welcome Our New Chatbot Blockchain Digital Autonomous Organizations","summary" : "It is at the intersections of fields where you find the most fascinating and innovative concepts. Recently, a conference on “Open Human Resources and the Cognitive Era” explored the use of chatbots and blockchain technologies in human resources. Human Resources (HR) is quietly undergoing a revolution as many HR practitioners are transforming HR by using","date" : "2016-07-06T11:00:56-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "artificial-intelligence" : "Artificial intelligence", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "customer-experience" : "Customer experience", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "security" : "Security", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-07-06-the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/07/2016-07-06-the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/07/2016-07-06-the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/07/2016-07-06-the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/06/the-data-briefing-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-chatbot-blockchain-digital-autonomous-organizations/" },{"title" :"WCMS and Custom APIs—Which One Is Right for You?","summary" : "Gray Brooks of GSA gave us a great definition of APIs in the DigitalGov University (DGU) presentation, Introduction to APIs. He described APIs as “Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are web services that allow people to more easily consume content and data in multiple ways—via mobile devices, mobile apps, innovative mash-ups, and much more.” Simply put,","date" : "2016-06-28T11:00:33-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"christen-geiler" : "Christen Geiler"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-06-28-wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/06/2016-06-28-wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/06/2016-06-28-wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/06/2016-06-28-wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you.md","slug" : "wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/28/wcms-and-custom-apis-which-one-is-right-for-you/" },{"title" :"Open Data Democratizes Innovation","summary" : "Americans Use Public Data to Improve the Lives of Fellow Citizens Data is one of our most important national assets. It informs our policy and our national priorities. But as we have seen time and time again, the most effective way to govern is to engage with the public directly. Thanks to the President’s Executive Order requiring","date" : "2016-06-02T14:15:24-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"robin-thottungal" : "Robin A. Thottungal","kris-rowley" : "Kris Rowley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science" : "Crowdsourcing and citizen science", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-government" : "Open government", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-06-02-open-data-democratizes-innovation.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/06/2016-06-02-open-data-democratizes-innovation.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/06/2016-06-02-open-data-democratizes-innovation.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/06/2016-06-02-open-data-democratizes-innovation.md","slug" : "open-data-democratizes-innovation","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/02/open-data-democratizes-innovation/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Introducing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s New Open Data Portal","summary" : "My first column when I came back from last year’s summer sabbatical was on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) PatentsView project.","date" : "2016-05-18T11:10:59-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-05-18-the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/05/2016-05-18-the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/05/2016-05-18-the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/05/2016-05-18-the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/05/18/the-data-briefing-introducing-the-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-new-open-data-portal/" },{"title" :"An Introduction to Open Data and APIs","summary" : "The federal workplace is abuzz these days with talk about open data and how agencies can leverage that data through APIs. According to the federal Open Data Policy, data should be managed as an information asset, and making it discoverable and usable (in other words, open).","date" : "2016-05-03T10:00:32-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"john-paul" : "John Paul"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-05-03-an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/05/2016-05-03-an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/05/2016-05-03-an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/05/2016-05-03-an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis.md","slug" : "an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/05/03/an-introduction-to-open-data-and-apis/" },{"title" :"Microsites, They\u0026#8217;re Bigger Than You Think","summary" : "Lately, we have been hearing a lot about microsites—CDC’s Zika Virus microsite provides up-to-date information on the virus—but the big question is: What are they? A microsite is a single or small collections of pages that are meant to encourage user interaction while conveying information. A microsite has the power to educate consumers regarding a","date" : "2016-04-21T10:00:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"christen-geiler" : "Christen Geiler"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "multilingual" : "Multilingual" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-04-21-microsites.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/04/2016-04-21-microsites.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-21-microsites.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-21-microsites.md","slug" : "microsites","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/04/21/microsites/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Chatbots and the Rise of Conversational Commerce and Citizen Experience","summary" : "Ten months ago, I wrote about the rise of the post-app world in which mobile personal assistants would do the work of five to 10 apps combined. These mobile personal assistants, now known as chatbots, would work through conversational interfaces (voice and instant messaging, for example). The idea is to build more natural interfaces for people","date" : "2016-04-20T11:00:59-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "artificial-intelligence" : "Artificial intelligence", "customer-experience" : "Customer experience", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "multimedia" : "Multimedia", "open-data" : "Open data", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-04-20-the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/04/2016-04-20-the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-20-the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-20-the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/04/20/the-data-briefing-chatbots-and-the-rise-of-conversational-commerce-and-citizen-experience/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Building an Open Government Data Ecosystem in the Federal Government","summary" : "It has been over seven years since President Obama signed the executive order that launched the federal open data movement. Much progress has been made, and there is still more to do. Along with the United States, over 100 nations have started programs to provide open access to government data. From large metropolitan governments to","date" : "2016-04-06T13:30:10-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-04-06-the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/04/2016-04-06-the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-06-the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-06-the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/04/06/the-data-briefing-building-an-open-government-data-ecosystem-in-the-federal-government/" },{"title" :"Your Trek to Vesta \u0026 Mars Starts Now","summary" : "The NASA Open Innovation team is pleased to announce the availability of the APIs that power Mars Trek and Vesta Trek on api.nasa.gov. The APIs for Mars provide data from the Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions with 21 different data products such as MOLA Altimetery Hillshade, Viking and THEMIS.","date" : "2016-04-01T13:02:23-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jason-duley" : "Jason Duley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "innovation" : "Innovation", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-04-01-your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/04/2016-04-01-your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-01-your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/04/2016-04-01-your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now.md","slug" : "your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/04/01/your-trek-to-vesta-mars-starts-now/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: An Interview with USAJOBS on New Changes to Their Data Services","summary" : "The Office of Personnel Management released a new look and functionality to USAJOBS in February. I recently contacted Michelle Earley, the USAJOBS Program Manager, to ask about the changes to USAJOBS and the data it provides. 1. What are","date" : "2016-03-30T10:00:36-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "human-centered-design" : "Human-centered design", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-03-30-the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/03/2016-03-30-the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-30-the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-30-the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/30/the-data-briefing-an-interview-with-usajobs-on-new-changes-to-their-data-services/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Three Significant Events in Federal Open Data This Past Week","summary" : "Three recent stories demonstrate how opening up federal government data and using agile methods to create federal government software can spur innovation while saving tax money and helping the American public.","date" : "2016-03-23T10:00:52-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-government" : "Open government", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-03-23-the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/03/2016-03-23-the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-23-the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-23-the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/23/the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: New Opportunities for American Cities and Communities Thanks to Open Data","summary" : "Open data and APIs* have not only transformed the federal government; open data and APIs are also transforming tribal, state and local governments. Like federal agencies, some tribal, state and local governments are ahead of other governments in open data innovations. This situation reminds me of my earlier work with the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs","date" : "2016-03-16T10:00:18-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-03-16-the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/03/2016-03-16-the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-16-the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-16-the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/16/the-data-briefing-new-opportunities-for-american-cities-and-communities-thanks-to-open-data/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Mobile Websites or Mobile Apps or Both?","summary" : "The increasing sophistication of mobile devices has created many opportunities for developers. This opportunity has created one of the most contentious debates in the mobile development community: mobile apps versus mobile websites?","date" : "2016-03-09T10:46:15-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-03-09-the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/03/2016-03-09-the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-09-the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-09-the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/09/the-data-briefing-mobile-websites-or-mobile-apps-or-both/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Serving Citizen Developers Inside and Outside of the Federal Government","summary" : "Citizen developers are people who do not work in information technology (IT) but have built IT applications. Back in the mid-80s, business people would smuggle in personal computers to run their spreadsheets and word processing applications (anyone remember VisiCalc and Bank Street Writer?) instead of having to rely on data processing departments. Today, citizen developers","date" : "2016-03-02T10:00:28-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-03-02-the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/03/2016-03-02-the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-02-the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/03/2016-03-02-the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/02/the-data-briefing-serving-citizen-developers-inside-and-outside-of-the-federal-government/" },{"title" :"The Content Corner: Government as API","summary" : "Here at DigitalGov, we generally focus on federal governmental digital efforts within the U.S. It is where we live and operate, so it makes sense, but many governments across the world struggle with the same issues and leverage technology as a common solution. When I came across an article where Australia announced its “government as","date" : "2016-02-22T11:10:39-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tyrus-manuel" : "Tyrus Manuel"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-02-22-the-content-corner-government-as-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/02/2016-02-22-the-content-corner-government-as-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/02/2016-02-22-the-content-corner-government-as-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/02/2016-02-22-the-content-corner-government-as-api.md","slug" : "the-content-corner-government-as-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/02/22/the-content-corner-government-as-api/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Using Federal Open Data to Understand How Government Performs","summary" : "Some highlights from the recent fall conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management: Localities that receive disaster mitigation funds also have more disaster declarations. Longer, more detailed proposed regulations receive fewer challenges to implementing the regulation. Agencies that are better at quantifying their results are safer from budget cuts. The findings above","date" : "2016-01-06T10:54:27-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2016-01-06-the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs.md", "filepath" :"news/2016/01/2016-01-06-the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/01/2016-01-06-the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/01/2016-01-06-the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/01/06/the-data-briefing-using-federal-open-data-to-understand-how-government-performs/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Design for Developer Experience (DX) and Data Prosumer Experience (DPX)","summary" : "Recently, DigitalGov devoted an entire month to exploring how good user experience (UX) helps government design better digital products and services. UX is the art and science of understanding how people will use a website or mobile app to solve a problem or meet a need. UX is a combination of neuroscience, communication theory, information","date" : "2015-12-30T11:00:01-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-12-30-the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/12/2015-12-30-the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-30-the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-30-the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/30/the-data-briefing-design-for-developer-experience-dx-and-data-prosumer-experience-dpx/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Does the Federal Government Have an Obligation to Educate Open Data Users?","summary" : "Pop quiz on statistics and data science (answers at the end of the article): 1) I have some data on accidents at railroad crossings. One variable indicates the compass direction a railroad crossing faces (North, Northwest, Northeast, and so on). This variable is a/an: Ordinal Categorical Directional Interval 2) I have some ordinal data that","date" : "2015-12-16T10:00:07-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-12-16-the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/12/2015-12-16-the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-16-the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-16-the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/16/the-data-briefing-does-the-federal-government-have-an-obligation-to-educate-open-data-users/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Help #HackSuicide This Weekend","summary" : "A month ago, I wrote about the White House’s call for data scientists and app developers to come together to help combat suicide. On December 12, 2015, there will be five hackathons around the U.S. to #HackSuicide. All the hackathons are free and open to the public. Even if you are not a data scientist,","date" : "2015-12-09T10:00:18-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-12-09-the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/12/2015-12-09-the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-09-the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-09-the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/09/the-data-briefing-help-hacksuicide-this-weekend/" },{"title" :"Wherever You Go, There We Are: the Geolocation API","summary" : "No matter how you go mobile, you can meet your user’s needs. Recommendations based on location are plentiful, particularly on native apps. But don’t fret, agencies with mobile websites: you can also get in the location customization game. Geolocation is a W3C scripting API that can be used with JavaScript in Web browsers. In the","date" : "2015-11-23T13:00:37-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman","leo-yang" : "Leo Yang"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-11-23-wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/11/2015-11-23-wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-23-wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-23-wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api.md","slug" : "wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/11/23/wherever-you-go-there-we-are-the-geolocation-api/" },{"title" :"The Content Corner: Structured Content and the Power of Syndication","summary" : "A recent DigitalGov webinar on syndicated content and the recent achievements of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helped open my eyes even wider to the possibilities of open and structured content. By offering critical health information via syndication, CDC and other Department of Health and Human Services agencies are helping resource-strapped local agencies share","date" : "2015-11-09T09:52:53-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tyrus-manuel" : "Tyrus Manuel"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-11-09-the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/11/2015-11-09-the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-09-the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-09-the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication.md","slug" : "the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/11/09/the-content-corner-structured-content-and-the-power-of-syndication/" },{"title" :"Welcome to BetaFEC: Campaign Finance for Everyone","summary" : "As the 2016 presidential election heats up, here at 18F we’ve been working with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to make campaign finance data more accessible to the public. Today, we launched betaFEC, the first piece in a complete redesign of the FEC’s online","date" : "2015-10-30T10:00:38-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"emileigh-barnes" : "Emileigh Barnes"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-10-30-welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/10/2015-10-30-welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/10/2015-10-30-welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/10/2015-10-30-welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone.md","slug" : "welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/30/welcome-to-betafec-campaign-finance-for-everyone/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Create an App for Employees with Disabilities","summary" : "Have you worked with an employee with a disability? Are you an employee with a disability? Then, you know the unique challenges of the average workplace that able-bodied colleagues may never experience. Workplace challenges could be overcome with accommodations such as larger computer monitor displays, wheelchair-accessible office furniture or a voice reader. In some cases,","date" : "2015-10-28T10:00:42-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "accessibility" : "Accessibility", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-10-28-the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/10/2015-10-28-the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/10/2015-10-28-the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/10/2015-10-28-the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/28/the-data-briefing-challenge-yourself-to-create-an-app-for-employees-with-disabilities/" },{"title" :"The Data Briefing: Surrounded by Fields of Federal Data—U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s PatentsView","summary" : "Hello, everyone. My summer sabbatical was short but educational, and I am glad to be back in the federal government. I am also excited to again take up the weekly API article that is now expanded to include all things federal government data. Much has happened in the open data realm, and there is much","date" : "2015-09-23T10:00:11-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-09-23-the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/09/2015-09-23-the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/09/2015-09-23-the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/09/2015-09-23-the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview.md","slug" : "the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/09/23/the-data-briefing-surrounded-by-fields-of-federal-data-u-s-patent-and-trademark-offices-patentsview/" },{"title" :"Under the Hood: Building a New College Scorecard with Students","summary" : "How the U.S. Digital Service worked with students, families, schools, developers, and teams across the federal government to rebuild the new College Scorecard tool.","date" : "2015-09-18T11:00:10-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lisa-gelobter" : "Lisa Gelobter"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "design" : "Design", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-09-18-under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/09/2015-09-18-under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/09/2015-09-18-under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/09/2015-09-18-under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students.md","slug" : "under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/09/18/under-the-hood-building-a-new-college-scorecard-with-students/" },{"title" :"Five-Star Customer Experience in Public Service with Yelp","summary" : "Adding customer satisfaction ratings and reviews to public services just got easier now that Yelp offers a terms of service for official government use. Yelp, a Web and mobile-based user review platform, hosts insights from “real people","date" : "2015-08-07T13:16:06-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "social-media" : "Social media", "terms-of-service" : "Terms of service" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-08-07-five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/08/2015-08-07-five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-07-five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-07-five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp.md","slug" : "five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/07/five-star-customer-experience-in-public-service-with-yelp/" },{"title" :"USDA Puts Hunger on Vacation This Summer","summary" : "The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is helping to put hunger on vacation this summer with their Summer Meal Site Finder, a Web and mobile tool that will provide the location of summer meal sites to ensure low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals while school is out. Having this","date" : "2015-08-06T13:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-08-06-usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/08/2015-08-06-usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-06-usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-06-usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer.md","slug" : "usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/06/usda-puts-hunger-on-vacation-this-summer/" },{"title" :"An Overview of Digital Communities","summary" : "Digital communities of practice come in many stripes. DigitalGov communities span eight (and counting) focus areas and have thousands of members, but strong collaborations exist in all corners of government. In honor of this month’s communities theme, we are offering a list of communities that foster connections and strengthen the digital capabilities of federal agencies.","date" : "2015-07-31T11:10:49-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science" : "Crowdsourcing and citizen science", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "plain-language" : "Plain language", "professional-development" : "Professional development" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-07-31-an-overview-of-digital-communities.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/07/2015-07-31-an-overview-of-digital-communities.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-31-an-overview-of-digital-communities.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-31-an-overview-of-digital-communities.md","slug" : "an-overview-of-digital-communities","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/31/an-overview-of-digital-communities/" },{"title" :"Introducing the Federal Election Commission’s First API","summary" : "The Federal Election Commission (FEC) empowers citizens with the information they need to make informed decisions about their democracy. Since opening its doors in the ‘70s, the FEC has evolved to better serve the public with that information. As the","date" : "2015-07-09T10:59:02-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lindsay-young" : "Lindsay Young"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-07-09-introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/07/2015-07-09-introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-09-introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-09-introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api.md","slug" : "introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/09/introducing-the-federal-election-commissions-first-api/" },{"title" :"Safety and Transparency Through Data","summary" : "You have the right to a safe workplace—and so do the employees at your favorite café, the local hospital and the construction company renovating homes in your neighborhood. But how can you tell if the businesses you patronize","date" : "2015-07-01T11:10:24-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"michael-pulsifer" : "Michael Pulsifer"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-07-01-safety-and-transparency-through-data.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/07/2015-07-01-safety-and-transparency-through-data.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-01-safety-and-transparency-through-data.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-01-safety-and-transparency-through-data.md","slug" : "safety-and-transparency-through-data","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/01/safety-and-transparency-through-data/" },{"title" :"As the World Churns: Earthquake Detection via Twitter","summary" : "When one thinks of social media, usually it is thought of as a tool to keep in touch with friends and family. Behind all the social networking lies vast amounts of data that can be used in a multitude of ways. This data is an opportunity for government agencies to improve the services they provide","date" : "2015-06-26T10:00:36-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdaniel" : "Kendrick Daniel"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "data-visualization" : "Data visualization", "open-data" : "Open data", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-06-26-tweets-earthquakes.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/06/2015-06-26-tweets-earthquakes.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-26-tweets-earthquakes.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-26-tweets-earthquakes.md","slug" : "tweets-earthquakes","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/06/26/tweets-earthquakes/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Government APIs in a Post-Apps World","summary" : "Take out your smartphone and count the number of apps that you have. How many of these apps do you use daily? What about the apps you use weekly? Do you have any apps that you installed but used only once? Any apps that you have never used? What kind of apps do you have?","date" : "2015-06-24T13:45:41-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-06-24-the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/06/2015-06-24-the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-24-the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-24-the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/06/24/the-api-briefing-government-apis-in-a-post-apps-world/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: the Challenge of Government’s Dark Data","summary" : "By now, you are familiar with “big data” or datasets that are so large that they cannot be analyzed by conventional analytical methods. You may have heard of “long data” which is data that has a temporal context. I work with long data when I analyze hiring patterns over time in workforce data. There is","date" : "2015-06-17T10:00:23-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-06-17-the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/06/2015-06-17-the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-17-the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-17-the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/06/17/the-api-briefing-the-challenge-of-governments-dark-data/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Make It an API – the Census Bureau’s Census of Governments","summary" : "Serendipity can be a wonderful tool for discovery. I was looking through the Census Bureau site for some business census data when I came upon the 2012 Census of Governments.","date" : "2015-06-03T11:55:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-06-03-the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/06/2015-06-03-the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-03-the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/06/2015-06-03-the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/06/03/the-api-briefing-make-it-an-api-the-census-bureaus-census-of-governments/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: NASA Builds API.NASA.gov to Launch More APIs to Developers","summary" : "NASA has been busy since we last visited their collection of APIs back in August 2014. NASA has just launched API.NASA.gov where developers can learn to use existing NASA","date" : "2015-05-27T10:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-05-27-the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/05/2015-05-27-the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-27-the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-27-the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/27/the-api-briefing-nasa-builds-api-nasa-gov-to-launch-more-apis-to-developers/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Five Federal APIs for Building a Government Jobs Finder Mobile App","summary" : "The spring semesters are winding down at the universities where I teach. Many students are looking for summer internships or their first job after graduation. Of course, I talk about the opportunities in government through the Pathways program, the Presidential Management Fellows, or the various agency-specific internship programs. I’ve demonstrated USAJOBS in my classes, but","date" : "2015-05-20T10:00:43-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "search" : "Search" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-05-20-the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/05/2015-05-20-the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-20-the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-20-the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/20/the-api-briefing-five-federal-apis-for-building-a-government-jobs-finder-mobile-app/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Be Prepared with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Mobile App","summary" : "Before coming to DC in late 2008, I lived in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville is in the Ohio Valley Region, which meteorologists euphemistically call “weather-rich.” With spring came the beautiful flowers and the Kentucky Derby. Spring also brought flooding, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and windstorms. This is why I had several emergency weather radios that also doubled","date" : "2015-05-06T11:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-05-06-the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/05/2015-05-06-the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-06-the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-06-the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/06/the-api-briefing-be-prepared-with-the-federal-emergency-management-agencys-mobile-app/" },{"title" :"USA.gov in Beta: Tell Us What You Think","summary" : "Thirteen years in digital is an eon, and on the eve of its 13th birthday, we at USA.gov found ourselves reckoning with a mid-life crisis. In the thirteen years since Firstgov.gov was launched (and ten years for FirstGov en Español), the sheer volume and sophistication","date" : "2015-05-04T14:30:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sarah-crane" : "Sarah Crane"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "contact-centers" : "Contact centers", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "multilingual" : "Multilingual", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "research" : "Research", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-05-04-usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/05/2015-05-04-usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-04-usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-04-usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think.md","slug" : "usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/04/usa-gov-in-beta-tell-us-what-you-think/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Top Five Findings for API Developers from Pew Research Center","summary" : "The Pew Research Center just released a report on how Americans view open government data. The following findings were based on a November to December 2014 survey of 3,212 adults. Two-thirds of Americans use the Internet or an app to connect with the government. According to Pew, 37% use the Internet to connect with the","date" : "2015-04-29T10:00:19-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-29-the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-29-the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-29-the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-29-the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/29/the-api-briefing-top-five-findings-for-api-developers-from-pew-research-center/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Making a Difference One Microtask at a Time","summary" : "I recently found an app that provides a great service through crowdsourcing. Be My Eyes connects visually-impaired people with volunteers. Using the smartphone’s camera, the volunteers can perform tasks such as reading an expiration date or helping someone navigate unfamiliar surroundings. This is not a federal app, but I wanted to highlight it to demonstrate how","date" : "2015-04-22T10:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science" : "Crowdsourcing and citizen science", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-government" : "Open government" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-22-the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-22-the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-22-the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-22-the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/22/the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time/" },{"title" :"What Labor Department Data Do You Want?","summary" : "Four years ago, we released our Labor Department-wide API—that is, an Application Programming Interface—with the hope that anyone who wants to build an","date" : "2015-04-17T10:00:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"michael-pulsifer" : "Michael Pulsifer"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-17-what-labor-department-data-do-you-want.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-17-what-labor-department-data-do-you-want.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-17-what-labor-department-data-do-you-want.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-17-what-labor-department-data-do-you-want.md","slug" : "what-labor-department-data-do-you-want","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/17/what-labor-department-data-do-you-want/" },{"title" :"NASA APIs: Opening Data Assets","summary" : "Data is one of the most important assets at NASA. We have data on comets, measurements of Mars, and real-time imagery of Earth. But what good is data if you can’t access it? Not good at all! We’re in the process of building a site (at api.nasa.gov) to catalog NASA APIs that structure access to","date" : "2015-04-16T10:00:49-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"dan-hammer" : "Dan Hammer"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-16-nasa-apis-opening-data-assets.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-16-nasa-apis-opening-data-assets.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-16-nasa-apis-opening-data-assets.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-16-nasa-apis-opening-data-assets.md","slug" : "nasa-apis-opening-data-assets","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/16/nasa-apis-opening-data-assets/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: How Essential Is Government Data to the American Economy?","summary" : "I grew up when home computers were first being introduced to the general public. I bought my first computer, a Commodore 64, after spending a summer of mowing lawns and saving up my birthday and Christmas money. It was not until I entered college that I became an infopreneur. Infopreneurs are entrepreneurs who used computers","date" : "2015-04-15T12:54:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-15-the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-15-the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-15-the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-15-the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/15/the-api-briefing-how-essential-is-government-data-to-the-american-economy/" },{"title" :"The Content Corner: Structured Content Challenges and Lessons Learned","summary" : "In May 2014, Sarah Crane discussed the importance of structured content, APIs and the development of a “Create Once, Publish Everywhere” (COPE) strategy at USA.gov via a three part video series. After my recent post about a world without Web pages, Sarah and I connected and we discussed the challenges she has experienced during the","date" : "2015-04-13T10:00:17-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tyrus-manuel" : "Tyrus Manuel"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "contact-centers" : "Contact centers", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-13-the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-13-the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-13-the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-13-the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned.md","slug" : "the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/13/the-content-corner-structured-content-challenges-and-lessons-learned/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: How Do I Use This API? Good Documentation Practices from Department of Labor","summary" : "When I first started coding using BASIC on the Commodore 64, I rarely documented my programs. Neither did many of my fellow programmers which led to numerous hours trying to figure out just exactly how a program worked. Documentation became more vital as programs became more feature rich and complex. In the API world, there","date" : "2015-04-01T14:43:54-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-04-01-the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/04/2015-04-01-the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-01-the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/04/2015-04-01-the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/01/the-api-briefing-how-do-i-use-this-api-good-documentation-practices-from-department-of-labor/" },{"title" :"On the Spot: Must-Have IFTTT Recipes for Government","summary" : "Ever since we announced IFTTT was available for federal use, dozens of ideas have been shared for how program managers can use the tool to increase their productivity. I asked some API enthusiasts in the SocialGov community which of their","date" : "2015-03-30T03:48:29-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-30-on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-30-on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-30-on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-30-on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government.md","slug" : "on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/30/on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government/" },{"title" :"Empowerment, Innovation, and Improved Health Outcomes: the Blue Button Initiative","summary" : "Finding and getting access to our own health information can be a complex process. And most of us don’t really think about having our health information readily accessible until we really need it – like in the event of an emergency, or when switching doctors or traveling. Combing through stacks of paperwork and contacting providers","date" : "2015-03-27T10:00:40-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-government" : "Open government", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-27-empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-27-empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-27-empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-27-empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative.md","slug" : "empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/27/empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Free Federal Energy and Economic Information Delivered Straight to Your Spreadsheet","summary" : "Back in November 2014, I wrote about the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’ FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) API. A user can access 238,000 economic trends through FRED® through a website and mobile apps. What is unique about FRED® is that a user can pull economic data directly into an Excel spreadsheet. Now, the FRED®","date" : "2015-03-25T11:10:59-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-25-the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-25-the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-25-the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-25-the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/25/the-api-briefing-free-federal-energy-and-economic-information-delivered-straight-to-your-spreadsheet/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Introduction to Web Components","summary" : "Instead of writing about a specific federal API this week, I want to talk about a new, evolving way of building Web interfaces and complete applications. Web Components allow developers to create their element that extends the HTML5 set of tags. Developers can create a Web Component","date" : "2015-03-18T10:00:17-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-18-the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-18-the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-18-the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-18-the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/18/the-api-briefing-introduction-to-web-components/" },{"title" :"Why Your APIs Need Design Help","summary" : "Anything built should be built right. It doesn’t matter if it’s built of wood, carbon nanotubes or code. So it’s encouraging that the practice of User-Centered Design—getting customer feedback at every stage of a project—is catching on with","date" : "2015-03-16T10:00:28-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jonathan-rubin" : "Jonathan Rubin"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "human-centered-design" : "Human-centered design", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "usability" : "Usability", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-16-why-your-apis-need-design-help.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-16-why-your-apis-need-design-help.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-16-why-your-apis-need-design-help.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-16-why-your-apis-need-design-help.md","slug" : "why-your-apis-need-design-help","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/16/why-your-apis-need-design-help/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Fulfilling the D(e)SIRE for Renewable Energy with the Department of Energy\u0026#8217;s New API","summary" : "The Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency® (DSIRE®) provides information on incentives and policies for renewables and energy efficiency in the U.S. This joint project by the Department of Energy and North Carolina State University just released an API to query DSIRE®’s database. Developers can view the sample","date" : "2015-03-11T11:25:36-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-11-the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-11-the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-11-the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-11-the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/11/the-api-briefing-fulfilling-the-desire-for-renewable-energy-with-the-department-of-energys-new-api/" },{"title" :"Data, Code, and API Event Round Up","summary" : "DigitalGov University has hosted some great events over the last year in partnership with Data.gov, the MobileGov Community and 18F to bring you information on opening data and building APIs. This month we’ve rounded up the events over the past year so that you can see what’s","date" : "2015-03-11T10:00:04-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"apiazza" : "Alycia Piazza"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-11-data-code-and-api-event-round-up.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-11-data-code-and-api-event-round-up.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-11-data-code-and-api-event-round-up.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-11-data-code-and-api-event-round-up.md","slug" : "data-code-and-api-event-round-up","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/11/data-code-and-api-event-round-up/" },{"title" :"DigitalGov Monthly Theme: How Data and Code Improve Government Services","summary" : "Data and code are the foundation, building blocks, and cornerstone of government digital services. They are the keys that open the door to a better digital government future and are fundamental in making government more open.","date" : "2015-03-10T11:43:05-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman","jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization", "security" : "Security" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-10-digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-10-digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-10-digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-10-digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services.md","slug" : "digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/10/digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Practicing Safe App Development with Secure Federal APIs","summary" : "When browsing the various APIs offered by the federal government, you may have noticed that developers need to sign up for an API key. You may have also noticed that the documentation tells app developers to access the API using specified methods. Along with these two requirements, federal API creators","date" : "2015-03-04T12:10:13-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "security" : "Security" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-04-the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-04-the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-04-the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-04-the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/04/the-api-briefing-practicing-safe-app-development-with-secure-federal-apis/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Harvesting the USDA’s Rich Bounty of Open Data Sets for APIs","summary" : "APIs and apps have been created for almost every aspect of human life. There are alarm clock apps, fitness apps, cooking apps, and personal finance apps, just to name a few of the thousands of apps available today. Most areas of society are well-represented in the app world except for one large portion of the","date" : "2015-02-25T10:00:20-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-02-25-the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/02/2015-02-25-the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-25-the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-25-the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/25/the-api-briefing-harvesting-the-usdas-rich-bounty-of-open-data-sets-for-apis/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Building Apps with APIs Using If This Then That","summary" : "In my last posting, I argued that federal agencies should consider microservices architecture when releasing APIs. This is because allowing users to combine single-purpose apps together in unique ways helps people build personalized apps such as a driving map to local farmers markets. When given the opportunity, users will surprise you with the innovative creations","date" : "2015-02-18T10:42:26-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "terms-of-service" : "Terms of service" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-02-18-the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/02/2015-02-18-the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-18-the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-18-the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/18/the-api-briefing-building-apps-with-apis-using-if-this-then-that/" },{"title" :"IFTTT Combines Social Media, Mobile and Internet of Things for Government","summary" : "The newest addition to the federal government’s social media utility belt may also be one of its most powerful, as IFTTT (as in “If This Then That”) combines 166 channels like Twitter, Android and iOS Location and RSS into “recipes” that can integrate government social media, data, location-based services","date" : "2015-02-12T16:20:56-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-02-12-ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/02/2015-02-12-ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-12-ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-12-ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government.md","slug" : "ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/12/ifttt-combines-social-media-mobile-and-internet-of-things-for-government/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Two API Trends to Watch in 2015 – Microservices and Containers","summary" : "DigitalGov recently spotlighted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new SaferRide app. SaferRide provides safe alternatives to keep drunken drivers off the road. SaferRide uses the Yelp API to provide information about local taxi services","date" : "2015-02-11T11:10:46-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-02-11-the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/02/2015-02-11-the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-11-the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-11-the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/11/the-api-briefing-two-api-trends-to-watch-in-2015-microservices-and-containers/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: NASA and USPS Explore the Holographic Computing Frontier","summary" : "Big news in the technology world as Microsoft unveiled HoloLens and Microsoft’s use of holographic computing in the upcoming Windows 10 release. Holographic computing or augmented reality uses computer-generated images that are overlaid on real world videos. For example, a user can view a car through their smartphone. An app can project information such as","date" : "2015-01-28T10:00:30-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "multimedia" : "Multimedia" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-28-the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-28-the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-28-the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-28-the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/28/the-api-briefing-nasa-and-usps-explore-the-holographic-computing-frontier/" },{"title" :"Training Trends in 2014","summary" : "In recent years, DigitalGov University (DGU) has evolved from a prescriptive training program to a more agile program looking to federal government leaders like you to share the innovations, tools, resources, hurdles and case studies of how you work to meet the digital expectations of the 21st century citizen customer better. Whew. That’s a mouthful.","date" : "2015-01-23T10:00:50-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"apiazza" : "Alycia Piazza"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "social-media" : "Social media", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-23-training-trends-in-2014.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-23-training-trends-in-2014.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-23-training-trends-in-2014.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-23-training-trends-in-2014.md","slug" : "training-trends-in-2014","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/23/training-trends-in-2014/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Bureau of Labor Statistics Invites Developers to Build Employment Apps","summary" : "The federal government collects an amazing amount of economic data. Several agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Treasury, and the Census Bureau collect economic data, ranging from the stock market activity to local business conditions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects information on the labor market and is a rich source","date" : "2015-01-21T10:10:01-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-21-the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-21-the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-21-the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-21-the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/21/the-api-briefing-bureau-of-labor-statistics-invites-developers-to-build-employment-apps/" },{"title" :"The Future Will Be Printed – in 3D","summary" : "The use of 3D printing is growing. From kayaks to pancakes to human and canine prosthetics, a diverse array of 3D printed products have been delivered. 3D printing has also been named one of the top technology","date" : "2015-01-15T10:00:42-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-15-the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-15-the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-15-the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-15-the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d.md","slug" : "the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/15/the-future-will-be-printed-in-3d/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Two Great Housing APIs and Why HUD Needs to Build More","summary" : "Recently, a reader pointed out that some of the APIs I write about are not really APIs but just datasets. Technically that is true but it only takes some development effort to turn a into an API. That is why I also highlight interesting federal datasets along with federal APIs.","date" : "2015-01-14T12:47:31-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-14-the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-14-the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-14-the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-14-the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/14/the-api-briefing-two-great-housing-apis-and-why-hud-needs-to-build-more/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Make 2015 the Year You Create an App","summary" : "According to some experts, over 80% of Americans will make a least one New Year’s resolution. So, if you are looking for a way to improve yourself while helping others, think about making a resolution to learn how to build a mobile app that can be used in disaster relief.","date" : "2015-01-07T10:00:04-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-01-07-the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/01/2015-01-07-the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-07-the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-07-the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/07/the-api-briefing-make-2015-the-year-you-create-an-app/" },{"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: The Hottest DigitalGov Mobile Articles in 2014","summary" : "QR codes, apps about whales, bullying and railroad crossings, challenges of responsive Web design and mobilizing charts and tables were the things you were most interested in this year. We publish mobile trends every Tuesday and feature a government mobile app every Thursday on the mobile channel of DigitalGov. In addition, we do recaps of MobileGov","date" : "2014-12-30T11:10:55-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-30-trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-30-trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-30-trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-30-trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/30/trends-on-tuesday-the-hottest-digitalgov-mobile-articles-in-2014/" },{"title" :"Santa Is 16 Centuries Old: Things I\u0026#8217;ve Learned from NORAD Tracks Santa App","summary" : "NORAD’s Santa Tracker is available for download again! Here are five things I learned from the magical NORAD Tracks Santa app to keep my nieces, nephews and neighborhood children entertained this holiday season, even if I don’t remember how many of them","date" : "2014-12-24T09:00:36-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-24-santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-24-santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-24-santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-24-santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app.md","slug" : "santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/24/santa-is-16-centuries-old-things-ive-learned-from-norad-tracks-santa-app/" },{"title" :"Acronyms, Army-isms and Much More: ROTC Handbook App Explains Cadet Life","summary" : "Have a potential future cadet in the family? Deciding whether the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program is right for you? Already in the program? Study up on the Army ROTC program before you or someone you know steps foot in the classroom in a crisp uniform. Download the ROTC Handbook from the U.S.","date" : "2014-12-18T10:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-18-acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-18-acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-18-acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-18-acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life.md","slug" : "acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/18/acronyms-army-isms-and-much-more-rotc-handbook-app-explains-cadet-life/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Department of Justice Frees the Content with Two New APIs","summary" : "When websites were first created back in the 1990s, developers perfected their skills designing sites that presented content in an attractive and eye-catching manner. Content was completely contained within the four corners of the site. With the rise of Web 2.0, content","date" : "2014-12-17T10:20:21-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-17-the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-17-the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-17-the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-17-the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/17/the-api-briefing-department-of-justice-frees-the-content-with-two-new-apis/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Save on Holiday Travels with FuelEconomy.gov Web Services","summary" : "We are in the middle of the holidays, and that means much driving to visit friends and relatives. I was just in Kentucky this past weekend where I spent a total of eight hours driving. I am sure many of you will spend even more time driving in the next three weeks. So, where do","date" : "2014-12-10T12:54:08-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-10-the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-10-the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-10-the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-10-the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/10/the-api-briefing-save-on-holiday-travels-with-fueleconomy-gov-web-services/" },{"title" :"Can You Crowdsource Your User Experience Research?","summary" : "In one sense, almost any type of user research is crowdsourced—you’re talking to people and using that information to improve your system. But in a true sense, crowdsourcing is more than just collecting information, it’s collaborating on it. We want to have real conversations, not one-time emailed suggestions without followups. So here’s a few tidbits","date" : "2014-12-09T12:00:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jonathan-rubin" : "Jonathan Rubin"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science" : "Crowdsourcing and citizen science", "design" : "Design", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "research" : "Research", "usability" : "Usability", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-09-can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-09-can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-09-can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-09-can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research.md","slug" : "can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/09/can-you-crowdsource-your-user-experience-research/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Test Your JSON Reading Skills with the Peace Corps Countries and Regions API","summary" : "The Peace Corps just released a new dataset that lists all of the countries and regions Peace Corps volunteers serve. The API is RESTful and uses the JSON format. You have read in earlier columns about the different data formats for APIs and how to read the data presented by an API. As a refresher,","date" : "2014-12-03T10:00:50-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-12-03-the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/12/2014-12-03-the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-03-the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/12/2014-12-03-the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/03/the-api-briefing-test-your-json-reading-skills-with-the-peace-corps-countries-and-regions-api/" },{"title" :"Avoid an Awkward Family Thanksgiving with the Federal Apps Mobile Directory","summary" : "Are you like me? Do you consistently eat too much on Thanksgiving to avoid invasive family conversations that have a high probability of 1) turning awkward and 2) forcing you to abandon a sworn blood oath to never again reveal details of your private life to loved ones? Don’t be like me. It’s your holiday,","date" : "2014-11-26T12:00:29-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-26-thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-26-thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-26-thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-26-thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory.md","slug" : "thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/26/thanksgiving-avoid-awkward-family-dinners-with-the-federal-apps-mobile-directory/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: FRED® and ALFRED® Serve Up a Buffet of Economic Data","summary" : "The federal government captures almost every economic data trend through several agencies. The Federal Reserve of St. Louis offers 238,000 economic trends through FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data). FRED® data can be accessed through the FRED® website or the FRED® mobile app (Android | Apple). FRED® data can","date" : "2014-11-26T11:10:15-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-26-the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-26-the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-26-the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-26-the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/26/the-api-briefing-fred-and-alfred-serve-up-a-buffet-of-economic-data/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Keeping an Eye on Crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey API","summary" : "Every year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys nearly 80,000 households and over 143,000 individuals about crime victimization. What is unique about this survey is that both reported and unreported crimes data is collected. The survey has a well-documented API which offers data in the CSV, XML, and JSON formats. Let’s examine the documentation to","date" : "2014-11-19T11:05:42-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-19-the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-19-the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-19-the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-19-the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/19/the-api-briefing-keeping-an-eye-on-crime-with-the-national-crime-victimization-survey-api/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: The Fun Finder – The Recreation Information Database","summary" : "Back in 2000, I worked at a dot-com building website applications such as a real-time stock ticker ribbon and a real estate listings search engine. One of my favorite applications was an app for mobile phones. At that time, I used the Wireless Access Protocol (WAP), which displayed information using a special version of XHTML.","date" : "2014-11-12T13:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-12-the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-12-the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-12-the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-12-the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/12/the-api-briefing-the-fun-finder-the-recreation-information-database/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Brainstorming Ideas for Apps","summary" : "Data.gov has 130,000+ datasets (as of November 3, 2014) many of which are designed for application developers. In previous columns, I’ve showcased some of the great applications built using federal APIs. Have you wondered where the idea for an app came from? Some developers start with an idea and then look for the API that","date" : "2014-11-05T13:49:09-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-05-the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-05-the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-05-the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-05-the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/05/the-api-briefing-brainstorming-ideas-for-apps/" },{"title" :"Keeping Peace Corps Volunteers Healthy, One Text at a Time","summary" : "Today, refilling your medicine cabinet with bandages and over the counter medicine from your local drugstore may seem like a trivial task, but for Peace Corps volunteers working in remote villages around the world, this task can be much more challenging. As we take steps to forge a 21st century","date" : "2014-11-03T13:53:23-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"brian-forde" : "Brian Forde","carrie-hessler-radelet" : "Carrie Hessler-Radelet"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-source" : "Open source" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-11-03-keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/11/2014-11-03-keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-03-keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-03-keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time.md","slug" : "keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/03/keeping-peace-corps-volunteers-healthy-one-text-at-a-time/" },{"title" :"Open and API-Driven Federal Mobile App Registration","summary" : "Thanks to the power of open data and APIs, federal agencies can now register their mobile native apps and websites on the Federal Mobile Products Registry and have them appear on the USA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory (formerly USA.gov Apps Gallery).","date" : "2014-10-29T01:44:14-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-29-open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-29-open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-29-open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-29-open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration.md","slug" : "open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/29/open-and-api-driven-federal-mobile-app-registration/" },{"title" :"A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Tokens","summary" : "Increasingly, we’ve noticed that our agency customers are publishing their highest quality images on social media and within database-driven multimedia galleries on their websites. These sources are curated, contain metadata, and have both thumbnails and full-size images. That’s a big improvement in quality over the images embedded within HTML pages on agencies’ websites. After some","date" : "2014-10-28T11:15:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"loren-siebert" : "Loren Siebert"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "multimedia" : "Multimedia", "search" : "Search", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-28-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-28-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-28-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-28-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens.md","slug" : "a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/28/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Home Energy Saver","summary" : "It is fall when the weather becomes colder, and people start firing up their furnaces. While I was working on putting in more insulation and installing a programmable thermostat, I wondered if the federal government has an API to help me lower my","date" : "2014-10-22T10:47:54-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-22-the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-22-the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-22-the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-22-the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/22/the-api-briefing-home-energy-saver/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: EPA’s Water Quality Portal API Merges Three Data Streams","summary" : "Access to clean water is fast becoming a vital issue in the 21st century. Changing climate patterns are drying up aquifers and limiting the amount of water runoff from thawing snow packs. Drought conditions in California are effecting hydroelectric production while dry conditions in the West have increased the frequency","date" : "2014-10-15T10:00:49-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-15-the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-15-the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-15-the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-15-the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/15/the-api-briefing-epas-water-quality-portal-api-merges-three-data-streams/" },{"title" :"Recap of Social Digital Search Webinar","summary" : "Content is no longer limited to .gov sites. As mentioned in a recent blog post, Sharing is Caring, Adding Social Media Accounts to Search, DigitalGov Search uses Flickr, Instagram, and YouTube to populate image and video search results. On September 30, 2014, I presented with Justin Herman from the Social Media Community of Practice about: What","date" : "2014-10-14T11:17:31-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rachel-mundstock" : "Rachel Mundstock"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "multimedia" : "Multimedia", "search" : "Search", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-14-recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-14-recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-14-recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-14-recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar.md","slug" : "recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/14/recap-of-social-digital-search-webinar/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: CDC\u0026#8217;s API Delivers Free Up-To-Date Health Information for Your Blog or Website","summary" : "The recent Ebola outbreaks demonstrate the need for current and authoritative health news. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the federal information source for Ebola and other infectious diseases, along with other public health data. Data.CDC.gov lists 48 datasets and views containing statistics from smoking to infectious diseases. Developers can use the","date" : "2014-10-08T11:50:21-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-08-the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-08-the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-08-the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-08-the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/08/the-api-briefing-cdcs-api-delivers-free-up-to-date-health-information-for-your-blog-or-website/" },{"title" :"Pillbox Google Hangout for Developers","summary" : "Tuesday, October 7 at 2pm ET, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health will host a Google Hangout to talk about developing with the API, data, and open source code from Pillbox. I (Pillbox project manager), Mark Silverberg of Social Health","date" : "2014-10-06T11:00:48-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"david-hale" : "David Hale"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-source" : "Open source" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-06-pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-06-pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-06-pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-06-pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers.md","slug" : "pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/06/pillbox-google-hangout-for-developers/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: A Great Start For an API – NLM’s TOXNET Web Service","summary" : "Glad to be back after a three-week absence. I was preparing for the South Eastern Conference on Public Administration held in Atlanta this year. Great conversations and I can tell you that the academic community is hungry for more government data and APIs. A great example is this week’s API Briefing: the U.S. National Library","date" : "2014-10-01T11:43:33-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-10-01-the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/10/2014-10-01-the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-01-the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-01-the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/01/the-api-briefing-a-great-start-for-an-api-nlms-toxnet-web-service/" },{"title" :"The Federal Register: Improving Visitors’ Search Experience on Agency Websites","summary" : "The Office of the Federal Register’s mission “informs citizens of their rights and obligations, documents the actions of Federal agencies, and provides a forum for public participation in the democratic process.” As the winner of the Bright Idea Award, FederalRegister.gov is clear and easy to use, but most citizens rarely frequent it. More frequently they","date" : "2014-09-24T10:00:55-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rachel-mundstock" : "Rachel Mundstock"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "search" : "Search", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-09-24-the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/09/2014-09-24-the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-24-the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-24-the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites.md","slug" : "the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/24/the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites/" },{"title" :"Open Government #WikiHack at the National Archives","summary" : "The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia D.C., invite you to help us improve access to open government data on Wikipedia. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the Open Government #WikiHack, a two-day hackathon at the National Archives Building in downtown","date" : "2014-09-10T10:00:36-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"dominic-mcdevitt-parks" : "Dominic McDevitt-Parks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-09-10-open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/09/2014-09-10-open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-10-open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-10-open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives.md","slug" : "open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/10/open-government-wikihack-at-the-national-archives/" },{"title" :"Census Promotes Mobile Apps Front and Center!","summary" : "Those cutting edge folks over at Census have raised the bar again! Not only do they have three mobile apps that use their own APIs, but now everyone who visits Census.gov is presented with an","date" : "2014-09-04T13:18:46-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-09-04-census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/09/2014-09-04-census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-04-census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-04-census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center.md","slug" : "census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/04/census-promotes-mobile-apps-front-and-center/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Finding Help for the Elderly – The ElderCare Locator API","summary" : "If you have ever been a caregiver for an elderly family member or friend, you know that there are many resources to help you in giving care. But finding these resources can be difficult and frustrating. The Administration on Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been guiding people to local","date" : "2014-09-03T11:00:53-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-09-03-the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/09/2014-09-03-the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-03-the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-03-the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/03/the-api-briefing-finding-help-for-the-elderly-the-eldercare-locator-api/" },{"title" :"Open Source Content Management Systems and Responsive Web Design Webinar Recap","summary" : "Most of us in the DigitalGov community recognize that responsive Web design is one approach to mobile first and most of us have a pretty clear picture of what it means—a responsive website will adjust to different devices, and the content will neatly change its layout from one screen size to another. But do you","date" : "2014-09-03T10:00:46-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ellen-arnold-losey" : "Ellen Arnold Losey"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-source" : "Open source" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-09-03-mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/09/2014-09-03-mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-03-mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-03-mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap.md","slug" : "mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/03/mobile-web-templates-how-to-use-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design-webinar-recap/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Mining the Rich Data Resources of NASA \u0026#8211; The International Space Apps Challenges","summary" : "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an enormous collection of aerospace and science data sets. NASA missions and projects can create amazing amounts of data. One example: the Earth Observing System Data and Information System has collected enough information to fill the Library of Congress (Data.NASA.gov). A more recent example: the Solar Dynamics","date" : "2014-08-27T11:00:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-27-the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-27-the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-27-the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-27-the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/27/the-api-briefing-mining-the-rich-data-resources-of-nasa-the-international-space-apps-challenges/" },{"title" :"Help the Public Find Your Information, Wherever and However You’ve Published It","summary" : "As traffic to desktop .gov websites declines, how we publish our content increasingly matters. We need to meet people where they are as they seek information on the Internet. To do so, we need to adjust to the new world of mobile applications, social media, and instant answers provided by search engines. Freeing Content from","date" : "2014-08-26T11:00:35-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ammie-farraj-feijoo" : "Ammie Farraj Feijoo"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-data" : "Open data", "open-source" : "Open source", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization", "social-media" : "Social media" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-26-help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-26-help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-26-help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-26-help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it.md","slug" : "help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/26/help-the-public-find-your-information-wherever-and-however-youve-published-it/" },{"title" :"API Usability Case Study: openFDA","summary" : "The API Usability Program brings together developers from agency APIs and the private sector to evaluate how the API can be improved to be more user friendly. Sean Herron of 18F, who was a key member of the openFDA developer team, shared with us some of the major insights gained from this latest API usability session.","date" : "2014-08-22T09:32:53-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"georgia-gallavin" : "Georgia Gallavin"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "design" : "Design", "research" : "Research", "usability" : "Usability", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-22-api-usability-case-study-openfda.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-22-api-usability-case-study-openfda.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-22-api-usability-case-study-openfda.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-22-api-usability-case-study-openfda.md","slug" : "api-usability-case-study-openfda","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/22/api-usability-case-study-openfda/" },{"title" :"Go.USA.gov Creates Short, Trustworthy .gov URLs","summary" : "Short URLs are useful for tracking clicks, but they can create a poor user experience because the person clicking the link can’t see the final destination. That’s why Go.USA.gov was created—to show users that they would reach official government information. To maintain this trust, Go.USA.gov is only open to government employees and only shortens government","date" : "2014-08-21T13:59:05-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"michelle-chronister" : "Michelle Chronister"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-21-go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-21-go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-21-go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-21-go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls.md","slug" : "go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/21/go-usa-gov-creates-short-trustworthy-gov-urls/" },{"title" :"How to Find Your Open Data Hotshots","summary" : "How can you find the top 5 users of your open data? We were recently asked this question on the Open Data listserv, and while this information can be a good measure of success for open data programs, we also figured some of the answers shared would be of interest to the broader community. This blog","date" : "2014-08-21T11:00:30-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"nick-sinai" : "Nick Sinai"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-21-how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-21-how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-21-how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-21-how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots.md","slug" : "how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/21/how-to-find-your-open-data-hotshots/" },{"title" :"Top 5 Reasons to Use Government-wide Open and Structured Content Models","summary" : "Content models provide an opportunity for agencies to structure, organize, distribute, and better publish information in multiple forms and on multiple platforms. Federal agencies discussed why content models are important for future-facing content in our What Structured Content Models Can Do For You Webinars in May and June.","date" : "2014-08-20T11:00:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"katie-steffy" : "Katie Steffy"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-20-top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-20-top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-20-top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-20-top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models.md","slug" : "top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/20/top-5-reasons-to-use-government-wide-open-and-structured-content-models/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Back to School – U.S. Department of Education APIs","summary" : "As the new school season approaches, it is a good time to see what federal datasets are available for educational app developers. Visit the developers’ page at ED.gov to find 36 educational datasets for educational levels. The datasets can be accessed in CSV, JSON,","date" : "2014-08-20T10:00:19-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-20-the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-20-the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-20-the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-20-the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/20/the-api-briefing-back-to-school-u-s-department-of-education-apis/" },{"title" :"The Minimum Viable Building Blocks For a Federal Government API Hub","summary" : "My name is Kin Lane, I am the API Evangelist, and a round two Presidential Innovation Fellow. I spend each day looking through the developer portals and hubs for API across the private sector. Recently I’ve also spent time looking at 77 federal government API developer portals and 190 APIs, and","date" : "2014-08-18T01:00:50-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kin-lane" : "Kin Lane"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-18-the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-18-the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-18-the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-18-the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub.md","slug" : "the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/18/the-minimum-viable-building-blocks-for-a-federal-government-api-hub/" },{"title" :"The Contributor’s Guide to 18F: Code for the Common Good","summary" : "Introduction Transparency in coding makes code more secure. Open-source development is development in the light, sometimes a harsh light, that shows every blemish. At 18F we strongly believe this improves the rapidity of our coding and the quality and security of the code. We keep the code open to each other, which allows us to","date" : "2014-08-15T11:00:49-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"dr-robert-read" : "Robert L. Read, PhD"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-15-the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-15-the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-15-the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-15-the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good.md","slug" : "the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/15/the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common-good/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Writable APIs – The Federal Register.gov Commenting Feature","summary" : "FederalRegister.gov just released a writable API that allows citizens to comment directly on proposed regulations. When a user is viewing a regulation on FederalRegister.gov, he or she can click on the “Submit a Formal Comment” button. A textbox appears, and the comment is recorded for that particular regulation.","date" : "2014-08-13T11:46:28-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-13-the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-13-the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-13-the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-13-the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/13/the-api-briefing-writable-apis-the-federal-register-gov-commenting-feature/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: An API that Searches other APIs – HealthData.Gov’s Catalog API","summary" : "As federal agencies release APIs on an almost daily basis, keeping track of the numerous datasets has become a vital service for developers. The Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) manages HealthData.Gov which currently lists 1,680 datasets in 36 categories such as “Public Health,” “Health Care Cost,” and “Health Statistics.” To help developers find","date" : "2014-08-06T10:00:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-08-06-the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/08/2014-08-06-the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-06-the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/08/2014-08-06-the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/06/the-api-briefing-an-api-that-searches-other-apis-healthdata-govs-catalog-api/" },{"title" :"Take a Gander at Our /Developer Page!","summary" : "A growing trend both inside government and outside is to have a simple welcoming page for outside developers who may be interested in your team’s efforts. This material is often located at website.gov/developer 1 and points visitors to technical material that developers may be interested in, especially APIs. Collecting technical documentation in one place facilitates","date" : "2014-07-28T10:00:05-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-28-take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-28-take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-28-take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-28-take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page.md","slug" : "take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/28/take-a-gander-at-our-developer-page/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Mapping Food Deserts – The USDA Economic Research Service’s GIS Map Services","summary" : "Food deserts are areas where residents have little or no access to nutritional food. Food deserts exist because of low-incomes, lack of transportation, or too few stores that stock produce and other healthy food items. Governments from the local level to federal have implemented grant programs to encourage grocery store construction in the food deserts.","date" : "2014-07-23T10:00:27-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-23-the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-23-the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-23-the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-23-the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/23/the-api-briefing-mapping-food-deserts-the-usda-economic-research-services-gis-map-services/" },{"title" :"Hot off the Press: 18F’s API Standards","summary" : "We recently released the first version of our API Standards—a set of recommendations and guidelines for API production. It is our intention that every 18F API meet these standards, to help us ensure a baseline quality and consistency across all APIs we offer now and in the future. These standards guide","date" : "2014-07-16T13:00:03-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"alan-delevie" : "Alan DeLevie","eric-mill" : "Eric Mill"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-16-hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-16-hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-16-hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-16-hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards.md","slug" : "hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/16/hot-off-the-press-18fs-api-standards/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: RealTrack – How Hackathons Help Create Apps from APIs","summary" : "Once a federal agency releases an API, there are several ways they can be used in apps. The most common method is through hackathons. Hackathons are where an agency or agencies present the API(s) and invite developers to create prototype apps. The apps","date" : "2014-07-16T10:00:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-16-the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-16-the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-16-the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-16-the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/16/the-api-briefing-realtrack-how-hackathons-help-create-apps-from-apis/" },{"title" :"Working with APIs for Non-Coders Recap","summary" : "In a recent event titled: “Intro to APIs: Working with URLs, JSON, APIs, and Open Data—Without Writing Any Code,” federal practitioners and supporters interested in open data attended an in-person workshop, led by Eric Mill, a key developer on GSA’s 18f team. This event was especially targeted to non-developers and explored the basics of APIs,","date" : "2014-07-14T10:00:00-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"zeshan-khan" : "Zeshan Khan"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-14-working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-14-working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-14-working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-14-working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap.md","slug" : "working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/14/working-with-apis-for-non-coders-recap/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: How APIs Provide Localized Information \u0026#8211; NOAA’s Weather Service Data and FCC’s Broadband Services Map","summary" : "The two featured APIs this week are excellent demonstrations of personalizing federal government data by where a user lives. Federal agencies collect a considerable amount of community data, from the Census Bureau’s surveys to the FDA’s local agricultural conditions. Thanks to GPS, app developers can locate a user’s immediate geographical location and tailor information based","date" : "2014-07-09T10:30:10-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-09-the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-09-the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-09-the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-09-the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/09/the-api-briefing-how-apis-provide-localized-information-noaas-weather-service-data-and-fccs-broadband-services-map/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: APIs Come In Many (Data) Flavors","summary" : "This week, we will look at three different APIs that demonstrate how agencies use different technologies to serve out data. Presenting data in various formats encourages developers to build on federal APIs. As past columns have shown, the innovative apps created with federal data are quickly growing. The latest API news this week is how","date" : "2014-07-02T10:00:44-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-07-02-the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/07/2014-07-02-the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-02-the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-02-the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/02/the-api-briefing-apis-come-in-many-data-flavors/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: The Census Bureau’s Discovery Tool \u0026#8211; Find the Right API for Your App","summary" : "The Census Bureau recently released a machine-readable dataset discovery service that lists 41 Census data sets.","date" : "2014-06-25T10:00:47-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-25-the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-25-the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-25-the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-25-the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/25/the-api-briefing-the-census-bureaus-discovery-tool-find-the-right-api-for-your-app/" },{"title" :"Agency Dataset Publication in Data.gov","summary" : "Not sure how to get your datasets into Data.gov? We’ve put together an overview to show you how the process works. Agencies prepare their enterprise data inventories in data.json format and post them on their websites (agency.gov/data.json), pursuant to the Open Data Policy and following the guidance and using the tools available on Project Open","date" : "2014-06-20T10:00:51-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"hyon-kim" : "Hyon Kim"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-20-agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-20-agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-20-agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-20-agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov.md","slug" : "agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/20/agency-dataset-publication-in-data-gov/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Department of State’s Model App \u0026#8211; Education USA","summary" : "Not only does the Department of State have a great set of APIs, State also has an excellent example of how to build an informative and useful app. EducationUSA is a network of State Department advisers who help international students apply for U.S. university programs.","date" : "2014-06-18T10:00:46-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-18-the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-18-the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-18-the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-18-the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/18/the-api-briefing-department-of-states-model-app-education-usa/" },{"title" :"Attention Developers: More Economic Statistics Added to BEA’s API","summary" : "Developers, do you want to bring more detailed economic data to your next app? The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently added several data sets to the application programming interface (API) we launched last year. The API now provides direct access to the","date" : "2014-06-12T10:00:33-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bea-team" : "BEA Team"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-12-attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-12-attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-12-attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-12-attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api.md","slug" : "attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/12/attention-developers-more-economic-statistics-added-to-beas-api/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Quick Guide to Using GitHub \u0026#8211; FDA’s OpenFDA Research Project","summary" : "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just released the OpenFDA Research Project. At the heart of the project is the OpenFDA API, which allows developers to perform searches on FDA’s drug information database. Coming soon is the ability to search FDA information on medical devices and information about food. Visit the","date" : "2014-06-11T10:00:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-11-the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-11-the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-11-the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-11-the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/11/the-api-briefing-quick-guide-to-using-github-fdas-openfda-research-project/" },{"title" :"What Structured Content Can Do For You: Webinar Recap","summary" : "Structured content and open content models can help you create content that is platform-agnostic, format-free, and device-independent.","date" : "2014-06-09T10:00:42-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kristen-onell" : "Kristen O'Nell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-09-what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-09-what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-09-what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-09-what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap.md","slug" : "what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/09/what-structured-content-can-do-for-you-webinar-recap/" },{"title" :"Facebook Increases Public Service Verification to Improve Citizen Engagement","summary" : "Facebook is now the first social media platform to start verifying all federal government pages with their signature blue checkmark using the Federal Social Media Registry API. The Federal Social Media Registry provides the singular source that allows social media platforms to quickly collect real government accounts—emphasizing the critical need to ensure the trust, quality and","date" : "2014-06-09T02:32:35-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "governance" : "Governance", "open-data" : "Open data", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "social-media" : "Social media", "trust" : "Trust", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-09-facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-09-facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-09-facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-09-facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2.md","slug" : "facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/09/facebook-increases-public-service-verification-to-improve-citizen-engagement-2/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: NARA’s Federal Register API – Learning How APIs Work","summary" : "Application programming interfaces (APIs) can be confusing when people first hear of the concept. There are the many acronyms like REST (Representational State Transfer) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) that further obscure what APIs do. The idea behind APIs is quite simple: APIs are how computer programs share information between themselves. You can experience this for","date" : "2014-06-04T10:00:47-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-04-the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-04-the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-04-the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-04-the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/04/the-api-briefing-naras-federal-register-api-learning-how-apis-work/" },{"title" :"openFDA and Drug Adverse Events","summary" : "openFDA launched today and with it the first publicly available dataset—Drug Adverse Reaction and Medication Error Reports—that covers more than 4 million records from 2004 to 2013. The openFDA team compiled 10 things to help developers use this dataset more effectively, including: Interactive examples created by the openFDA team to give perspective to the data. The","date" : "2014-06-02T13:01:30-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sean-herron" : "Sean Herron"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-06-02-openfda-and-drug-adverse-events.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/06/2014-06-02-openfda-and-drug-adverse-events.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-02-openfda-and-drug-adverse-events.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-02-openfda-and-drug-adverse-events.md","slug" : "openfda-and-drug-adverse-events","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/02/openfda-and-drug-adverse-events/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: NIH\u0026#8217;s Pillbox – Unlocking Valuable Government Health Information through APIs","summary" : "The Food and Drug Administration collects drug labeling information for human prescription, over-the-counter, homeopathic, and veterinary products through a special markup language called “Structured Product Labeling” (SPL). The database created from the SPL submissions is a treasure trove of health information that is valuable","date" : "2014-05-28T01:35:08-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-28-the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-28-the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-28-the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-28-the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/28/the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis/" },{"title" :"Video Blog: Part 3: Sarah Crane, USA.gov","summary" : "In our final video interview with Sarah Crane of USA.gov, she talks about adaptive content and how it works with APIs.","date" : "2014-05-27T10:00:28-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sarah-crane" : "Sarah Crane"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-27-video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-27-video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-27-video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-27-video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md","slug" : "video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/27/video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov/" },{"title" :"Data Innovaton with Census at #HackForChange","summary" : "Do you want to build an application, product or business that uses Census Bureau data? There are opportunities to give feedback and get involved. Two years ago, the Census Bureau launched its application programming interface (API), giving developers access to a variety of high value data","date" : "2014-05-23T12:00:33-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"logan-powell" : "Logan Powell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-23-data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-23-data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-23-data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-23-data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange.md","slug" : "data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/23/data-innovaton-with-census-at-hackforchange/" },{"title" :"Ignite with Us","summary" : "Have a DigitalGov success?—published an API? Got buy-in from leadership? Changed a part of your customer-service paradigm? Developed a cool dashboard? Got the app out the door? Heck! Have you prototyped a wearable, drivable or flyable? Have a DigitalGov opinion?—think we should be focusing more or less on something? Have an idea on how to","date" : "2014-05-21T15:00:05-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"apiazza" : "Alycia Piazza"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "social-media" : "Social media", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "usability" : "Usability", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-21-ignite-with-us.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-21-ignite-with-us.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-21-ignite-with-us.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-21-ignite-with-us.md","slug" : "ignite-with-us","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/21/ignite-with-us/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: Keeping up with Federal Employee Training – DOD’s xAPI","summary" : "Federal employee training is about to receive a much-needed boost in the President’s 2015 Budget Request. Training is essential to the federal workforce and agencies have a number of learning management systems to deliver online training along with the traditional classroom training. The problem is that all of these training sources don’t share information with","date" : "2014-05-21T13:00:10-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-21-the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-21-the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-21-the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-21-the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/21/the-api-briefing-keeping-up-with-federal-employee-training-dods-xapi/" },{"title" :"Five Years of Open Data—Making a Difference","summary" : "In May 2009, Data.gov was an experiment. There were questions: would people use the data? would agencies share the data? and would it make a difference? We’ve all come a long, long way to answering those questions, starting with only 47 datasets and having 105,000 datasets today. We realized that this was never simply about","date" : "2014-05-20T01:00:33-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jeanne-holm" : "Jeanne Holm"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-20-five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-20-five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-20-five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-20-five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference.md","slug" : "five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/20/five-years-of-open-data-making-a-difference/" },{"title" :"Packaging Up API Usability Testing for Agency Reuse","summary" : "Over the past year, a GSA collaboration has seen a project that offers API Usability Testing to federal agencies go from the pilot stage to a regular, robust series. Already, 13 agencies and programs have participated, and several more participate with every monthly session","date" : "2014-05-20T01:00:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-source" : "Open source", "research" : "Research", "usability" : "Usability", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-20-packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-20-packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-20-packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-20-packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse.md","slug" : "packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/20/packaging-up-api-usability-testing-for-agency-reuse/" },{"title" :"Video Blog: Part 2: Sarah Crane, USA.gov","summary" : "Part 2 of our interview with Sarah Crane from USA.gov shares how the USA.gov team is tackling content sprawl with the USA.gov API.","date" : "2014-05-19T10:32:03-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sarah-crane" : "Sarah Crane"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-19-video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-19-video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-19-video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-19-video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md","slug" : "video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/19/video-blog-part-2-sarah-crane-usa-gov/" },{"title" :"Sign up For DigitalGov Citizen Services Summit, Friday, May 30","summary" : "We won’t build the government of the 21st century by drawing within the lines. We don’t have to tell you the hard work of building a digital government doesn’t exist in a vacuum or a bubble. Show us social media without mobile, Web without data and user experience without APIs. You can’t? That’s right—in reality,","date" : "2014-05-19T03:03:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rflagg" : "Rachel Flagg","jherman" : "Justin Herman","tammi-marcoullier" : "Tammi Marcoullier","jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell","apiazza" : "Alycia Piazza","jonathan-rubin" : "Jonathan Rubin"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "challenges-and-prize-competitions" : "Challenges and prize competitions", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "social-media" : "Social media", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-19-sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-19-sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-19-sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-19-sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30.md","slug" : "sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/19/sign-up-for-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-friday-may-30/" },{"title" :"The API Briefing: USDA’s Farmers Market Directory API","summary" : "Around the D.C. area, one of the first signs of spring are the numerous farmers markets. In my neighborhood alone, I regularly visit four farmers markets that have a wide variety of produce and baked goods. Farmers markets are good for the local economy, and the easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables helps local","date" : "2014-05-13T15:02:26-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"bbrantley" : "Bill Brantley"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-13-the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-13-the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-13-the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-13-the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api.md","slug" : "the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/13/the-api-briefing-usdas-farmers-market-directory-api/" },{"title" :"Video Blog: Sarah Crane, USA.gov","summary" : "Next in our video blog series, Sarah Crane from USA.gov shares how multiple product lines have led to an inconsistent customer experience and how new functional teams are helping them become more efficient.","date" : "2014-05-12T11:58:21-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"sarah-crane" : "Sarah Crane"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-12-video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-12-video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-12-video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-12-video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov.md","slug" : "video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/12/video-blog-sarah-crane-usa-gov/" },{"title" :"Make Gov APIs Better with User Experience","summary" : "APIs and User Experience go together like gummi bears and ice cream. An API is a product just like a car, a website or a ballpoint pen. It’s designed to help someone do something. Products","date" : "2014-05-09T10:00:29-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jonathan-rubin" : "Jonathan Rubin"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "research" : "Research", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-09-make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-09-make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-09-make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-09-make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience.md","slug" : "make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/09/make-gov-apis-better-with-user-experience/" },{"title" :"Because It\u0026#8217;s Hard","summary" : "Two years ago, federal agencies were set on a fast track to create a 21st century digital government. The Federal Digital Strategy served up a heaping set of deliverables on a tight timeline.","date" : "2014-05-07T10:00:35-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gwynne-kostin" : "Gwynne Kostin"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "customer-experience" : "Customer experience", "innovation" : "Innovation", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-05-07-because-its-hard.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/05/2014-05-07-because-its-hard.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-07-because-its-hard.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-07-because-its-hard.md","slug" : "because-its-hard","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/07/because-its-hard/" },{"title" :"Government Social Media Isn’t Lagging, It’s Different: And That’s Good","summary" : "Social Media tools, trends and algorithms come and go, but federal managers continue to see improvements in their digital engagement initiatives when they put citizens at the center of their programs.","date" : "2014-04-22T16:30:34-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management", "social-media" : "Social media", "user-experience" : "User experience" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-04-22-government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/04/2014-04-22-government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/04/2014-04-22-government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/04/2014-04-22-government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good.md","slug" : "government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/22/government-social-media-isnt-lagging-its-different-and-thats-good/" },{"title" :"The Official U.S. Navy App: Powered by API","summary" : "As a “warfighting-ready force,” the U.S. Navy can bring it wherever and whenever it’s needed around the globe. Now this armed force is bringing it—the latest news, video, photos, multimedia, special events and more—to sailors and their families through","date" : "2014-04-03T13:29:09-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-04-03-the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/04/2014-04-03-the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/04/2014-04-03-the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/04/2014-04-03-the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api.md","slug" : "the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/03/the-official-u-s-navy-app-powered-by-api/" },{"title" :"GSA Introduces News Genius to Decode Government Web","summary" : "The federal government can now unlock the collaborative genius of citizens and communities to make public services easier to access and understand with a new free social media platform launched by GSA today at the Federal #SocialGov Summit on Entrepreneurship and Small Business.","date" : "2014-03-27T08:00:20-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile", "social-media" : "Social media" },"primary_image" : { "uid" : "gsa-mentor-protege-on-mobile-phone-comp", "alt" : "Photo of a mobile phone displaying the News Genius app.", "width" : "1200", "height" : "628", "credit" : "", "caption" : "", "format" : "png" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-03-27-gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/03/2014-03-27-gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-27-gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-27-gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web.md","slug" : "gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/27/gsa-introduces-news-genius-to-decode-government-web/" },{"title" :"DigitalGov Search: Our Open Source Strategy","summary" : "At DigitalGov Search, we keep an eye on on our what our government counterparts are up to, both in the U.S. and other countries. We recently came across Gov.UK’s philosophy on and approach to coding in the open. It caught our attention and we realized we should also articulate our open source strategy. Use and Contribute to Open","date" : "2014-03-24T10:00:42-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ammie-farraj-feijoo" : "Ammie Farraj Feijoo"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-source" : "Open source", "search" : "Search", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-03-24-digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/03/2014-03-24-digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-24-digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-24-digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy.md","slug" : "digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/24/digitalgov-search-our-open-source-strategy/" },{"title" :"Introducing openFDA","summary" : "Welcome to the new home of openFDA! We are incredibly excited to see so much interest in our work and hope that this site can be a valuable resource to those wishing to use public FDA data in both the public and private","date" : "2014-03-17T12:00:06-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"dr-taha-kass-hout" : "Dr. Taha Kass-Hout"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "cloud-and-infrastructure" : "Cloud and infrastructure" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-03-17-introducing-openfda.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/03/2014-03-17-introducing-openfda.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-17-introducing-openfda.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-17-introducing-openfda.md","slug" : "introducing-openfda","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/17/introducing-openfda/" },{"title" :"New Go.USA.gov Features: Search Your URLs, Add Notes, New Bookmarklet, and More","summary" : "You can now log in to Go.USA.gov with your username or email address, one of the new improvements added to the government URL shortener.","date" : "2014-02-25T10:49:26-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"michelle-chronister" : "Michelle Chronister"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-02-25-new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/02/2014-02-25-new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/02/2014-02-25-new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/02/2014-02-25-new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more.md","slug" : "new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/02/25/new-go-usa-gov-features-search-your-urls-add-notes-new-bookmarklet-and-more/" },{"title" :"Welcome to the Future of Census.gov","summary" : "If you have ever visited census.gov, you know that sorting through the vast array of information about America’s people, places and economy can be daunting. Based on customer research and feedback we collected and analyzed over time, we heard loud and clear","date" : "2014-02-24T14:34:01-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lisa-wolfisch" : "Lisa Wolfisch"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-02-24-welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/02/2014-02-24-welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/02/2014-02-24-welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/02/2014-02-24-welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov.md","slug" : "welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/02/24/welcome-to-the-future-of-census-gov/" },{"title" :"Alternative Fueling Station Locator App from the Department of Energy","summary" : "So: You decided to purchase a car that takes advantage of more environmentally friendly fuel. Congratulations! Now, you need to find a place to fill the tank that offers more than just regular gas. The new Alternative Fueling Station Locator app from the folks at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a must-try. The new iPhone app will","date" : "2014-01-30T02:25:56-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2014-01-30-alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy.md", "filepath" :"news/2014/01/2014-01-30-alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/01/2014-01-30-alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/01/2014-01-30-alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy.md","slug" : "alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/01/30/alternative-fueling-station-locator-app-from-the-department-of-energy/" },{"title" :"U.S. Census Bureau Dwellr App","summary" : "The pursuit of happiness for many of us might mean a fresh new start and a new place to call home. But where? In such a large and diverse country as ours, the choices can seem endless — and overwhelming. Now, your data friendly U.S. Census Bureau has harnessed the power","date" : "2013-12-05T12:51:29-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering", "usability" : "Usability" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-12-05-u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/12/2013-12-05-u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/12/2013-12-05-u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/12/2013-12-05-u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app.md","slug" : "u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/12/05/u-s-census-bureau-dwellr-app/" },{"title" :"Content Management Systems Toolkit","summary" : "Improving the federal government’s ability to deliver digital information anytime, anywhere, on any device via open content is a key goal of the Digital Government Strategy. A content management system (CMS) can help your agency move to an open content model, making it easier for people to find, share, use, and re-use your information.","date" : "2013-10-30T08:45:15-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rflagg" : "Rachel Flagg"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-source" : "Open source", "search-engine-optimization" : "Search engine optimization" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-10-30-content-management-systems-toolkit.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/10/2013-10-30-content-management-systems-toolkit.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/10/2013-10-30-content-management-systems-toolkit.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/10/2013-10-30-content-management-systems-toolkit.md","slug" : "content-management-systems-toolkit","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/10/30/content-management-systems-toolkit/" },{"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: The State of Mobile Search","summary" : "Mobile searching has become a fact of life. According to a recent study by Econsultancy, 67% of smartphone owners had used their device to search for information in the past 7 days. The infographic below describes what they are searching for–the majority of searches are for","date" : "2013-09-17T13:46:18-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "emerging-tech" : "Emerging tech", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-09-17-trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/09/2013-09-17-trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/09/2013-09-17-trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/09/2013-09-17-trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/09/17/trends-on-tuesday-the-state-of-mobile-search/" },{"title" :"API Security","summary" : "Like website development, API security revolves around three stages—planning the API, testing the API, and monitoring the API after it has launched. The planning stage requires those involved to conceptually map several design decisions and the impact that they will have on security. The second stage applies your agency’s security program to the API release","date" : "2013-07-29T01:12:58-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "security" : "Security", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-07-29-api-security.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/07/2013-07-29-api-security.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/07/2013-07-29-api-security.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/07/2013-07-29-api-security.md","slug" : "api-security","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/07/29/api-security/" },{"title" :"Chief Digital Officer: Roles and Responsibilities","summary" : "In my previous blog post, I asked if your agency needs a Chief Digital Officer and before you answer maybe you’d want to know what exactly would a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) do at your Agency? According to Tim Bourgeois of ChiefDigitalOfficer.net , the biggest asset a CDO brings","date" : "2013-06-06T11:00:11-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"mike-kruger" : "Mike Kruger"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "governance" : "Governance", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-06-06-chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/06/2013-06-06-chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/06/2013-06-06-chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/06/2013-06-06-chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities.md","slug" : "chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/06/chief-digital-officer-roles-and-responsibilities/" },{"title" :"Does Your Agency Need A Chief Digital Officer?","summary" : "Russell Reynolds Associates, the senior-level executive search firm, says that the last 2 years have seen the rise of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO), a senior executive who sits at the right hand of the CEO. According to the consulting firm Gartner, 25% of organizations will have a Chief","date" : "2013-05-30T09:03:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"mike-kruger" : "Mike Kruger"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "governance" : "Governance", "product-and-project-management" : "Product and project management" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-30-does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-30-does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-30-does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-30-does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer.md","slug" : "does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/30/does-your-agency-need-a-chief-digital-officer/" },{"title" :"Make Mobile Gov with the Mobile Application Development Program","summary" : "Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device. The 21st century imperative to deliver government information and services to the public anytime, anywhere and on any device makes mobile a critical tactic in the federal Digital Government Strategy.","date" : "2013-05-23T09:01:11-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : { "accessibility" : "Accessibility", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-23-make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-23-make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-23-make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-23-make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program.md","slug" : "make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/23/make-mobile-gov-with-the-mobile-application-development-program/" },{"title" :"/Developer Kit","summary" : "These are the elements that make up a well-rounded developer hub. Homepage The API efforts of any agency should all be accessible via one easy to reach developers hub. This Web page should provide a path to all public APIs and any associated resources. Once an agency has begun to publish multiple APIs, certain resources","date" : "2013-05-21T13:05:45-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-21-developer-kit.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-21-developer-kit.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-21-developer-kit.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-21-developer-kit.md","slug" : "developer-kit","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/21/developer-kit/" },{"title" :"API Release Kit","summary" : "These are the elements you should include in your federal API release. Homepage Each of your public APIs needs a page to serve as a hub to provide access to all information and tools associated with it. By using the page’s sidebar, footer, and sub pages, you can directly include or link to each of","date" : "2013-05-16T13:04:03-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-16-api-release-kit.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-16-api-release-kit.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-16-api-release-kit.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-16-api-release-kit.md","slug" : "api-release-kit","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/16/api-release-kit/" },{"title" :"We the People API","summary" : "“APIs for WhiteHouse.gov? What in the heck does that mean?” Like President Obama, you may be asking the same question.","date" : "2013-05-09T09:09:16-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-09-we-the-people-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-09-we-the-people-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-09-we-the-people-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-09-we-the-people-api.md","slug" : "we-the-people-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/09/we-the-people-api/" },{"title" :"New Healthcare.gov is Open, CMS-Free","summary" : "Recently HHS CTO Bryan Sivak outlined a new vision for healthcare.gov. The site will relaunch this June with a completely rethought design and architecture. The new healthcare.gov follows a new CMS-free philosophy. It will be a completely static website, generated by Jekyll. This shift will allow HHS to move away from","date" : "2013-05-01T08:43:39-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"anthony-calabrese" : "Anthony Calabrese"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "open-source" : "Open source", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-05-01-new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/05/2013-05-01-new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-01-new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/05/2013-05-01-new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free.md","slug" : "new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/05/01/new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free/" },{"title" :"APIs in Government","summary" : "This page is about what an Application Programming Interface or API is and what it does and how government agencies are using them to operate more efficiently.","date" : "2013-04-30T02:12:53-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-04-30-apis-in-government.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/04/2013-04-30-apis-in-government.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-30-apis-in-government.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-30-apis-in-government.md","slug" : "apis-in-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/04/30/apis-in-government/" },{"title" :"Producing APIs through Data.gov","summary" : "One way agencies can offer APIs for their data is to use the built–in functionality of Data.gov. The information that is hosted as interactive datasets have an API layer which agencies can make available through documentation in the developer’s section of the agency’s website. The guide below will help you do this. Process Upload a dataset","date" : "2013-04-30T01:07:53-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-04-30-producing-apis-through-data-gov.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/04/2013-04-30-producing-apis-through-data-gov.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-30-producing-apis-through-data-gov.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-30-producing-apis-through-data-gov.md","slug" : "producing-apis-through-data-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/04/30/producing-apis-through-data-gov/" },{"title" :"Usability Testing + Gov APIs = Best","summary" : "Good APIs can transform intimidating data sets into something that people can use. Good government APIs can create a better connection between government and citizens. The Digital Government Strategy has spurred Federal adoption of APIs, and the Digital Services Innovation Center and DATA.GOV teams are supporting these efforts by releasing a swath of guidance and","date" : "2013-04-29T04:37:18-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "research" : "Research" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-04-29-usability-testing-gov-apis-best.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/04/2013-04-29-usability-testing-gov-apis-best.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-29-usability-testing-gov-apis-best.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/04/2013-04-29-usability-testing-gov-apis-best.md","slug" : "usability-testing-gov-apis-best","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/04/29/usability-testing-gov-apis-best/" },{"title" :"API Analytics","summary" : "Similar to website analytics, API analytics focus on reliably reporting the metrics which are most useful to its stakeholders. There are a many ways of collecting, reporting, and consuming API analytics but all revolve around the industry–accepted norm that some form of analytics are crucial to any API program. The most basic metrics will track","date" : "2013-03-12T13:11:57-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-api-analytics.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-analytics.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-analytics.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-analytics.md","slug" : "api-analytics","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/api-analytics/" },{"title" :"API Design and Documentation","summary" : "Design At their core, developers want APIs for very straightforward, pragmatic ends. You should always design your APIs and document them with the goal of making it easier for developers to use them. Doing so results in greater adoption and a healthier, more successful API. The least efficient way to support developers would be to","date" : "2013-03-12T12:49:20-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-api-design-and-documentation.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-design-and-documentation.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-design-and-documentation.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-design-and-documentation.md","slug" : "api-design-and-documentation","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/api-design-and-documentation/" },{"title" :"How to Make APIs—An Overview","summary" : "After choosing a set of information or services to offer via API, some of your next steps are to plan and implement the API. You’ll still need to prepare documentation, tools, and other elements that make a complete package for the API, but at the center is the actual Web service itself. In many situations,","date" : "2013-03-12T12:47:51-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "open-data" : "Open data", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-how-to-make-apis-an-overview.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-make-apis-an-overview.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-make-apis-an-overview.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-make-apis-an-overview.md","slug" : "how-to-make-apis-an-overview","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/how-to-make-apis-an-overview/" },{"title" :"Resources and Tools for APIs","summary" : "Hosted API Tools Labs.Data.gov is a repository of shared services to prototype and provide developer resources to government agencies. Each tool uses Web services and lightweight, open source code to provide powerful functionality. Agencies are encouraged to improve any project and submit pull requests in order to share the improvements with others. API Standards Template With the open","date" : "2013-03-12T12:41:05-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-resources-and-tools-for-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-resources-and-tools-for-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-resources-and-tools-for-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-resources-and-tools-for-apis.md","slug" : "resources-and-tools-for-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/resources-and-tools-for-apis/" },{"title" :"How to Get Started with APIs","summary" : "Audit Research existing APIs Regardless of your agency’s level of progress in API production, your first step is to create a developer hub that links to any of your agency’s existing APIs. This can help identify current efforts and connect you with others in your agency already working on APIs. Follow up with a deeper","date" : "2013-03-12T12:28:11-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-how-to-get-started-with-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-get-started-with-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-get-started-with-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-how-to-get-started-with-apis.md","slug" : "how-to-get-started-with-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/how-to-get-started-with-apis/" },{"title" :"API Basics","summary" : "Common Technical Choices Protocol API protocol is the set of rules that govern how an API functions. The protocol outlines the structure and definitions of the API. The two common forms are REST and SOAP. REST is the dominant choice for API protocol because it uses the http protocol that powers the Web. REST supports more","date" : "2013-03-12T12:24:59-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-api-basics.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-basics.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-basics.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-api-basics.md","slug" : "api-basics","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/api-basics/" },{"title" :"Benefits of APIs","summary" : "Understanding the benefits of API production allows you to coordinate with system owners and other stakeholders to modernize the agency’s systems and unlock the sizable potential. Here are just some of these opportunities. Efficiency Providing API access allows for content to be created once and automatically published or made available to many channels. Your agency’s","date" : "2013-03-12T12:19:48-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2013-03-12-benefits-of-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2013/03/2013-03-12-benefits-of-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-benefits-of-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/03/2013-03-12-benefits-of-apis.md","slug" : "benefits-of-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/03/12/benefits-of-apis/" },{"title" :"Mobile Gov Resources for 2013!","summary" : "With mobile use growing exponentially and federal agencies implementing customer-facing mobile services for the Digital Government Strategy, we decided to put together a Mobile Gov resource “cheat sheet” with concepts and information we think will be helpful for agencies implementing Mobile Gov in 2013. Here’s what Mobile Gov implementers need to","date" : "2012-12-21T09:55:27-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-12-21-mobile-gov-resources-for-2013.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/12/2012-12-21-mobile-gov-resources-for-2013.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/12/2012-12-21-mobile-gov-resources-for-2013.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/12/2012-12-21-mobile-gov-resources-for-2013.md","slug" : "mobile-gov-resources-for-2013","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/12/21/mobile-gov-resources-for-2013/" },{"title" :"Analytics, APIs and Open Content Resources","summary" : "Agencies have been working away at building better digital services and here, at the Digital Services Innovation Center, we’ve been building resources to help. We have been focusing on three areas, 1. The Digital Analytics Program. We announced this program in early October to help agencies better measure performance and customer satisfaction","date" : "2012-12-18T12:34:25-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gwynne-kostin" : "Gwynne Kostin"},"topics" : { "analytics" : "Analytics", "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-12-18-analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/12/2012-12-18-analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/12/2012-12-18-analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/12/2012-12-18-analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources.md","slug" : "analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/12/18/analytics-apis-and-open-content-resources/" },{"title" :"How NASA Chose a New Content Management System","summary" : "A case study on how NASA is choosing a new enterprise content management system (CMS). The Challenge NASA.gov needs a new enterprise CMS. They’re facing issues such as software obsolescence, inconsistent website governance, and a large amount of unstructured content stored in flat HTML files. Their current system is almost a decade old, and the","date" : "2012-11-21T13:21:29-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"brian-dunbar" : "Brian Dunbar"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "governance" : "Governance" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-11-21-how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/11/2012-11-21-how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-21-how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-21-how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system.md","slug" : "how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/11/21/how-nasa-chose-a-new-content-management-system/" },{"title" :"Case Study: How GSA Launched Social Media Registry","summary" : "In September, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched a registry of all federally-managed social media accounts. We want to explain a little of the history behind the registry and talk about a few things that make it a truly remarkable innovation from GSA. Before I start, I want to emphasize when I say “we” from","date" : "2012-11-19T01:14:12-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jed-sundwall" : "Jed Sundwall","gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "social-media" : "Social media", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-11-19-case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/11/2012-11-19-case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-19-case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-19-case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry.md","slug" : "case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/11/19/case-study-how-gsa-launched-social-media-registry/" },{"title" :"Centers for Disease Control Content Syndication","summary" : "Mobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses content syndication to share important health information with a variety of federal public","date" : "2012-11-05T14:13:31-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-11-05-centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/11/2012-11-05-centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-05-centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/11/2012-11-05-centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication.md","slug" : "centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/11/05/centers-for-disease-control-content-syndication/" },{"title" :"Mobile First Webinar Recap","summary" : "Federal agency mobile implementation is an important aspect of the Digital Government Strategy, so last week the Mobile Gov team and Digital Gov University partnered for a “Mobile First” Webinar. A “mobile first” approach is where new websites and applications are designed for mobile devices first, instead of designed for the traditional desktop. Representatives from government and the private sector","date" : "2012-08-03T09:57:02-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"justin-goldberger" : "Justin Goldberger"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-08-03-mobile-first-webinar-recap.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/08/2012-08-03-mobile-first-webinar-recap.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/08/2012-08-03-mobile-first-webinar-recap.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/08/2012-08-03-mobile-first-webinar-recap.md","slug" : "mobile-first-webinar-recap","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/08/03/mobile-first-webinar-recap/" },{"title" :"Introduction to APIs","summary" : "There’s an easier way to get content and data into the hands of citizens. Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are web services that allow people to more easily consume content and data in multiple ways–via mobile devices, mobile apps, innovative mash-ups, and much more. Simply put, “APIs are a better way to get government information","date" : "2012-07-26T09:56:58-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gray-brooks" : "Gray Brooks"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-07-26-introduction-to-apis.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/07/2012-07-26-introduction-to-apis.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/07/2012-07-26-introduction-to-apis.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/07/2012-07-26-introduction-to-apis.md","slug" : "introduction-to-apis","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/07/26/introduction-to-apis/" },{"title" :"Healthfinder.gov API","summary" : "Mobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by Healthfinder.gov. The actual healthfinder.gov site was launched approximately twelve years ago, while the API is a fairly recent development that has occurred in the past year and","date" : "2012-07-16T15:19:04-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "mobile" : "Mobile", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-07-16-healthfinder-gov-api.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/07/2012-07-16-healthfinder-gov-api.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/07/2012-07-16-healthfinder-gov-api.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/07/2012-07-16-healthfinder-gov-api.md","slug" : "healthfinder-gov-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/07/16/healthfinder-gov-api/" },{"title" :"Social Data Unlocked for Next Generation Services","summary" : "Today at the Social Gov Summit for Social Media Week DC, we’ll showcase two new initiatives for citizens, agencies and small businesses that help unlock the full potential of social data for the next generation of government services and engagement.","date" : "2012-02-19T01:44:51-0500","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : { "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface", "social-media" : "Social media", "software-engineering" : "Software engineering" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2012-02-19-social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services.md", "filepath" :"news/2012/02/2012-02-19-social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/02/2012-02-19-social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/02/2012-02-19-social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services.md","aliases" : {"0" : "/2012/02/19/99992/"},"slug" : "social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/02/19/social-data-unlocked-next-generation-services/" }] }