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.
News and Updates
Innovative work, news, and ideas from people and teams in government
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
Join the Chief Software Officer of the USAF to learn: How the DoD moved to Kubernetes and Istio.
2019
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.
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.
2019
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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2019
Learning Series
DAP Learning Series: Site Analysis, Live!
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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2019
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.
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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2019
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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2019
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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2019
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.
2019
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.
Part two of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.
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2019
Part one of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.
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2019
How does content strategy mesh with business, user experience (UX), and a marketing strategy?
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2019
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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2019
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.
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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2019
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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2019
