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IT Modernization Apprenticeship Experience: Breaking Down Workforce Innovation Barriers at USDA

An interagency Apprenticeship Experience is the next generation of learning and development: hands-on learning, on-the-job training, and networked mentorship.

Nina Bianchi

Nov 20, 2019

In this webinar, the social media experts from the U.S. Small Business Administration discussed how they find and communicate with small businesses on their social media platforms.

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This talk presents the findings from the latest State of DevOps report, including how to measure the performance of software teams, what capabilities organizations should invest in to drive higher performance, and how software leaders can apply these findings in their own organizations.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DevOps CoP

Jez Humble

We know there are many ways to use A/B testing to inform decision making at your agency – this is a quick introduction on the many ways CFPB has used it to improve UX across their website.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the TTS Research Guild, Digital.gov

Kelley Holden

In this workshop, we will answer the question of how to cultivate a workforce that is empowered to be as nimble and sophisticated as the products it procures.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the digital.gov

This Week's IDEA

Building the Elements That Earn Trust

This week, we’d like to talk about trust, and the elements that go into building trust with people who are using our services.

Jeremy Zilar

Ammie Farraj Feijoo

Dan Williams

Nov 18, 2019

Part two of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.

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Alan Atlas

Alan Brouilette

Part one of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.

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Alan Atlas

Alan Brouilette

How does content strategy mesh with business, user experience (UX), and a marketing strategy?

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the PLAIN and Digital.gov

Ginny Redish

Scrum is the most widely used Agile software development methodology. This second session will go into more detail about what is happening during each of the Scrum ceremonies.

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Alan Atlas

Alan Brouilette

This Week's IDEA

Meet Your Federal Web Council

When something important needs to be coordinated across the federal web space, the Federal Web Council is the vehicle for getting it done.

Jeremy Zilar

Rachel Flagg

Nov 12, 2019

An increase in demand for multilingual digital content, shrinking budgets, and rising translation costs have impacted federal agencies trying to offer information and services in languages other than English. Learn how the National Service Language Corps (NLSC) can help.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Multilingual Community of Practice and Digital.gov

Christina Lantuh

Hyejin Hickey

Scrum is the most widely used Agile software development methodology. This session will cover the basics of Scrum at a very high level.

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Alan Atlas

Alan Brouilette

As Code.gov begins our third trip around the sun, we want to take a look at where we’ve been, where we’re going in the world of open source, and the implementation of the federal source code.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Code.gov and DigitalGov

Joseph Castle

Nicole Williams

Part two of exploring the fundamentals of the Agile methodology will look at the external view of producing customer value and the difficulty of adopting Agile methods.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the 18F

Alan Atlas

Alan Brouilette

This is the first of two sessions that will explore the fundamentals of the Agile methodology.

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Alan Brouilette

Alan Atlas

This Week's IDEA

Let’s Talk 21st Century IDEA

We are starting a new blog post series on 21st Century IDEA that’ll break down one essential topic and point to guidance to start running with it.

Jeremy Zilar

Ammie Farraj Feijoo

Nov 04, 2019

Robert J. Huttenlocker, who currently serves as the Assistant Inspector General for Management at the Office of Inspector General of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be discussing the importance of being politically savvy and how to master it.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the Federal Leadership Seminar

Betsy Steele, of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) team, shares how a crowdsourcing initiative invited the larger cybersecurity community to help inform the next iteration of government’s cloud security authorization program.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Challenge.gov

Betsy Steele

Tammy White

Building Product Management Capacity in Government, part 1

18F is kicking off a new series on building product management capacity in government agencies that explores the process of helping people in government transition into product management roles through experiential learning. — via 18F

Oct 24, 2019

News and Updates

Innovative work, news, and ideas from people and teams in government

IT Modernization Apprenticeship Experience: Breaking Down Workforce Innovation Barriers at USDA

SocialGov Talk: Reaching Small Businesses in the Digital Environment

Jez Humble: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

An Introduction to the A/B Testing Community of Practice

Workforce Modernization Workshop Part 1: Attract and Retain the Best Talent to Better Serve Our Citizens

Building the Elements That Earn Trust

Intro to Kanban, Part II

Intro to Kanban, Part I

Ginny Redish: How to Collaborate on Strategies

Basics of Scrum, Part II

Meet Your Federal Web Council

The National Language Service Corps Can Fulfill Your Translation Needs

Basics of Scrum, Part I

Happy 3rd Birthday, Code.Gov! What We’ve Learned Three Years In

Foundations of Agile, Part II

Foundations of Agile, Part I

Let’s Talk 21st Century IDEA

Political Savvy - Why It’s Important and How to Master It

Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 6: The FedRAMP Ideation

Building Product Management Capacity in Government, part 1