News and Updates

Long-term teams, not sudden handoffs

Don’t let your agency waste knowledge and opportunity. Instead of planning for a handoff to O&M, plan for a long-term team. Instead of launching and then keeping it running, plan for ongoing development. — via 18F

Dec 09, 2019

Join the Chief Software Officer of the USAF to learn: How the DoD moved to Kubernetes and Istio.

Nicolas Chaillan

Health.gov’s Move Your Way Activity Planner: A Case Study

How an HHS team developed a bilingual online tool using audience research and iterative feedback to help adults increase their recommended aerobic activity and strength training.

Stephanie Santana

Dec 03, 2019

In this talk, NIST Director Rob Dimeo will explore how sketchnoting can be used to communicate complex data in simple ways - to both internal and external audiences.

Join Dan Williams, U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) product lead, in our monthly call as he walks through the design system and answers your questions.

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Dan Williams

Join us for a live demonstration of a real site analysis - from defining website mission, goals, and KPIs, to pulling reporting to better understand site performance.

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Freddie Blicher

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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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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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.

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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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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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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Joseph Castle

Nicole Williams

News and Updates

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

Long-term teams, not sudden handoffs

DevOps Holiday Special Event: Nicolas Chaillan

Health.gov’s Move Your Way Activity Planner: A Case Study

NIST Director Rob Dimeo: Learning to Communicate Complex Data

U.S. Web Design System: November Monthly Call

DAP Learning Series: Site Analysis, Live!

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