News and Updates

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.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the API Community of Practice

We’ll talk to members of various agencies to find out how analytics programs and tools are governed at that agency.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the DAP

In part one of this multi-part YouTube Live series, learn how civic technologists work to better our government.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the The Presidential Innovation Fellows

Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we walk through the system’s design tokens and take any questions you might have!

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the U.S. Web Design System, DigitalGov University

Dan Williams

A day focused on designing a better customer experience with and within government.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the General Services Administration

You might not be as agile as you think you are

The mandate to be agile is everywhere. But agile isn’t an on-off switch. It’s a skill and a mindset that is developed over time, through dedicated work, open teams, and lots (and lots) of practice — via 18F

Jun 18, 2019

New Guide

Introducing a Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act

A guide to navigating the PRA process with confidence.

Jun 18, 2019

Presentations that highligh the potential and impact of crowdsourcing through citizen science and prize competitions in the U.S. government

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (FedCCS), Challenges and Prizes Federal Community of Practice

Alexis Bonnell

Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier

Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson

Sophia B. Liu

Taylor Gilliland

Mobile

Building Trust with Users Through Open Communication and Feedback

A look at how FEMA responds to user needs and bugs in their app development.

R. ‘Fitz’ Fitzhenry

Jun 13, 2019

Come join the Plain Language community on the 12th of June and learn how to develop an agency brand voice!

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Plain Language

Katherine Spivey

Leslie O’Flahavan

Come and learn all about Search.gov! The site search for federal government websites

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Search.gov

The Opportunity Project engages government, communities, and the technology industry to create digital tools that address our greatest challenges as a nation. Learn how this initiative is making government data more accessible through cross-sector collaboration.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Challenge.gov

Lorena Molina-Irizarry

Drew Zachary

Come learn all about Executive Core Qualifications. Cheryl Abram, Lead Evaluation for OPM’s Federal Executive Institute (FEI), will be discussing how to assess, achieve, and demonstrate ECQs.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the AHRQ

SUCCESS STORY: The U.S. Web Design System 2.0 from GSA

Code.gov breaks down the latest USWDS 2.0 release with highlights of the most important features that will help teams build better websites for the American public. — via Code.gov

Jun 10, 2019

Join us to learn about the latest developments in the mobile citizen experience. and discuss recent developments and highlight opportunities

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the MobileGov

David Fern

Learn how Analytics.usa.gov, the public window into how the public interacts with federal government websites, uses an API and allows you to query data in machine-readable formats.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DAP

Tim Lowden

Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we talk through the recent update to 2.0

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the USWDS

Dan Williams

An overview of how your agency can participate in this year’s VSFS program.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DigitalGov University

Human-centered design for IT centralization

Are you working on an IT centralization project? Here is why taking the time to prioritize users is important and will result in services that work better for the people you serve. — via 18F

May 20, 2019

Making tough content choices

Understanding your constraints is user-centered design Your ability to deliver user value is always constrained by, well, your ability to deliver user value. — via Office of Natural Resources Revenue

May 20, 2019

News and Updates

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

Government API Community of Practice - Quarterly Check-In

DAP Learning Series: Agency Analytics Governance

American Tech Series, Part One: Why Leave the Private Sector?

U.S. Web Design System: June Monthly Call

GSA Customer Experience Hackathon 2019

You might not be as agile as you think you are

Introducing a Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act

U.S. Government Open Innovation Summit

Building Trust with Users Through Open Communication and Feedback

How to Develop an Agency Brand Voice That Connects With Customers Online

Introduction to Search.gov

Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 3: The Opportunity Project

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) – How to Assess, Achieve, and Demonstrate ECQs

SUCCESS STORY: The U.S. Web Design System 2.0 from GSA

Mobile Community of Practice Spring Meeting

DAP Learning Series: Using the analytics.usa.gov API

U.S. Web Design System: May Monthly Call

2019 Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) Info Session

Human-centered design for IT centralization

Making tough content choices