/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/topics/information-architecture/ Recent content in Information architecture on Digital.gov Hugo en-us /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/07/09/18f-engineering-craft-practices-at-10/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/07/09/18f-engineering-craft-practices-at-10/ 18F recently celebrated its 10th anniversary by renewing its commitment to refining and sharing best practices through regular publications, tech talks, and updates to the 18F Engineering Guide. They also created a permanent principal consulting engineer role to enhance digital service delivery and support skill development within the organization. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/07/09/18fs-engineering-craft-practices-at-10/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/07/09/18fs-engineering-craft-practices-at-10/ 18F recently celebrated its 10th anniversary by renewing its commitment to refining and sharing best practices through regular publications, tech talks, and updates to The 18F Engineering Guide. They also instructed a permanent principal consulting engineer role to enhance digital service delivery and support skill development within the organization. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/03/15/search-gov-year-in-review-2023-report/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:23:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/03/15/search-gov-year-in-review-2023-report/ Learn what types of information people searched for on federal websites in 2023, see emerging trends the team is exploring to improve customers’ search experience in 2024, and check out three new updates. The data tab provides insightful summaries for 13 popular topic areas—and lists the public’s top 25 search terms, in their own words, for each. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/08/12/modernize-your-identity-management-process-through-ilm/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:47:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/08/12/modernize-your-identity-management-process-through-ilm/ /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/01/06/open-source-information-architecture-design-using-the-tools-you-have-to-conduct-card-sorting-and-tree-testing/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:30:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/01/06/open-source-information-architecture-design-using-the-tools-you-have-to-conduct-card-sorting-and-tree-testing/ Learn how we used GitHub to conduct a card sort and tree testing to improve the information architecture for onrr.gov. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/web-content-managers/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:31:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/web-content-managers/ Create a better online experience for the public alongside government web content managers. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2023/06/14/2023-government-ux-summit/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2023/06/14/2023-government-ux-summit/ User experience (UX) experts across the federal government shared case studies and best practices during this virtual summit. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/06/07/2022-government-ux-summit/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/06/07/2022-government-ux-summit/ A two-day summit—June 7 and June 8—with experts who will share their experiences as UX practitioners in the federal government. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/06/07/the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:00:19 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/06/07/the-data-briefing-design-driven-enterprise-architecture-creating-the-new-federal-government-agency/ 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. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/26/a-deeper-look-into-the-usda-gov-website-redesign/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:00:11 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/26/a-deeper-look-into-the-usda-gov-website-redesign/ We hope you are finding it easier to get the information you need on USDA.gov following the launch of our site redesign in March. We’ve already welcomed over 1 million visitors to the new site and we are pleased with the positive feedback we’ve received thus far. Our redesign makes it easier for you to /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/03/15/the-data-briefing-understand-serverless-architecture-in-three-minutes/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:02:43 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/03/15/the-data-briefing-understand-serverless-architecture-in-three-minutes/ You may have heard of “serverless architecture” or Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda product and wondered what is unique about this new buzzword. As with many new digital cloud technologies, serverless architecture could mean two things. It may be applications that are built using third-party cloud applications. Or serverless architectures could be pieces of code /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/10/25/expert-insight-on-content-strategy-and-structure-for-future-ready-content/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:00:10 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/10/25/expert-insight-on-content-strategy-and-structure-for-future-ready-content/ We recently interviewed Sara Wachter-Boettcher, author of Content Everywhere: Strategy and Structure for Future-Ready Content. Sara, a frequent conference speaker, runs a content strategy consultancy, and is the co-author of Design for Real Life. She has extensive experience consulting with major brands, universities, agencies, nonprofits, and others to make their content more memorable, manageable, and /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/19/how-do-you-redesign-a-dinosaur-redesigning-an-intranet-site-the-beginning-stages/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:00:56 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/19/how-do-you-redesign-a-dinosaur-redesigning-an-intranet-site-the-beginning-stages/ Many content managers in the digital world understand the irrepressible desire to improve, fix, edit, add, and move things around. Indeed, it’s our job to nurture this ongoing process to create, update, test, update again. And, repeat! But, what about those sites or pages that seem to never crawl up to the ‘high-priority’ list and /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/18/information-architecture-vs-content-strategy-and-why-you-need-both/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 02:16:19 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/18/information-architecture-vs-content-strategy-and-why-you-need-both/ The idea of portable content is nothing new. Content needs to be mobile ready, responsive, and readily consumed by tools such as the Internet of Things (IoT)—a proposed development of the Internet in which everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data. Developers need to stop creating fixed, single-purpose content and