This Week's IDEA
Adopting the USWDS, One Step at a Time
The U.S. Web Design System is key to new website standards
News and Updates
Innovative work, news, and ideas from people and teams in government
Improving the Experience of Federal Grant Reporting
The 10x Federal Grant Reporting project team at GSA is investigating opportunities to make the grant reporting process more efficient.
Join the DevOps Community of Practice in a panel discussion as different agencies share technical best practices in various offices.
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2020
In this webinar, 10x project teams demonstrate their work to date and provide brief overviews of each project. Topics range from federating data to agile budgeting to machine learning, and our hope is that these talks will inspire others to submit ideas to 10x.
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2020
Search.gov: 2019 in Review
In 2019, Search.gov served 295,916,305 queries across more than 2,000 government websites. Find out more in their annual report, including the most common topics that people searched for. — via Search.gov
Website standards
GSA officially released the ‘website standards’ referenced in Section 3(e) of 21st Century IDEA. The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is key to new website standards. — via General Services Administration
Login.gov has surpassed 20 million registered users
This week, Login.gov has surpassed 20 million registered users! 🎉 Congratulations to the team for hitting this milestone while keeping the product simple and secure for the public. — via Login.gov
Teamwork
10 Employee Engagement Experiences to Foster Collaboration
How do we create an agile federal culture that’s more inclusive, insightful, and efficient? Explore 10 teamwork engagement experiences with your agency to foster collaboration.
Challenges
Agencies on a Mission to Match Service Members with Civilian Careers
The Veterans’ Employment Challenge is part of a larger government-wide initiative to support workforce development. Submissions close January 24, 2020.
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we discuss the USWDS maturity model and answer your questions.
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2020
Taking a Look at the USAGov Analytics Dashboard
The USA.gov’s team launched a new analytics dashboard that shows the top pages and topics that are trending on USA.gov and USA.gov/espanol. This gives agencies a better window into the information the public needs most so they can prioritize that information and make it more accessible to their users. — via USA.gov
Join us for talks by colleagues from NIST, IRS, USPTO, PlainLanguage.gov, and DC HSEMA who will speak on the latest social media topics and an opportunity to do some in-person networking.
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2020
USWDS
A Look at the New GSA.gov
How the GSA incorporated the U.S. Web Design System into their flagship site.
A look ahead at the coming year, and what we’ll accomplish together.
2020
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we discuss the USWDS and answer your questions.
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2019
USWDS Maturity Model
The U.S. Web Design System released a maturity model to help you adopt the design system incrementally as you design and build better digital experiences for the American public — via U.S. Web Design System
Welcome to the NEW Digital.gov
We’ve been working on a new version of Digital.gov, and we’re ready to make it available to you.
Focusing on People to Solve IT Problems
“The best way to define and develop solutions is to put the people dependent on those solutions at the center of your process.” — A look at how the Centers of Excellence (CoE) team is using human centered design in their work. — via The Centers of Excellence
User Experience
UX Documentation: Convince Them the Problem Is Real
If you want to make worthwhile investments in the way you interact with customers, think UX. Here are some ways to communicate user experience to key stakeholders and gain support for UX improvement projects.
This Week's IDEA
An Introduction to Accessibility
This week, we're taking at look at how to reframe our approach to encouraging others to build with accessibility.
