How to Test Websites for Accessibility
How to Test Websites for Accessibility—Use both manual and automated testing methods to create accessible websites. — via Digital.gov
News and Updates
Innovative work, news, and ideas from people and teams in government
cloud.gov
A Technical Overview of cloud.gov
In this webinar, we will provide a technical overview of cloud.gov including a visual representation of its architecture, marketplace services, content delivery networks, and how to engage with cloud.gov.
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2020
Plain Language
Federal Report Card Update
Learn how the Center for Plain Language is approaching the Federal Report Card and what agencies can do to get top grades.
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2020
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 12: How AFWERX Crowdsources an Innovation Culture
The Air Force is catalyzing innovation with a variety of partners.
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2020
Transform Federal Business Operations: Join the RPA Community of Practice
Federal employees interested in robotic process automation should join the RPA Community of Practice as their agencies commence their RPA programs.
Join us for a discussion about the value of journey mapping, and how to adapt the mapping process to make the most out of remote collaboration.
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2020
Giving Users the Information They Crave: Data and Analytics Tips From USAGov en Español
Giving Users the Information They Crave: Data and Analytics Tips From USAGov en Español—User data guides what we do at USAGov. Without it, we wouldn’t know what government questions people are searching for. And we wouldn’t know how to design our content to make it easier for people to find and understand the answers. — via USA.gov
Transforming How DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Engages With the Public
Transforming How DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Engages With the Public—In order to be more responsive to the public’s changing communication needs and the increased reporting volume, the Civil Rights Division, in close collaboration with 18F, has launched a user-friendly online submission experience at civilrights.justice.gov that transforms the way the Division collects, sorts, and responds to civil rights reports. — via 18F
10x
The U.S. Data Federation graduates the 10x Program, Launches New Repository
GSA’s 10x program is proud and excited to announce the graduation of the U.S. Data Federation project, the first to exit 10x after receiving all four phases of 10x investment.
10x project teams will demonstrate their work to date and provide brief overviews of each project. We hope that these talks will highlight some of the most interesting work happening in government today and inspire others to submit ideas to 10x.
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2020
Bringing Our Human(ity) to Work: 5 Ingredients for a Delightful Town Hall
How to design impactful and engaging Town Hall or large group meetings.
Mapping of WCAG 2.0 to Functional Performance Criteria
Mapping of WCAG 2.0 to Functional Performance Criteria — See how specific disabilities may be impacted by not following accessible guidelines. — via Section508.gov
DAP Learning Series
Shifting Your Metrics Mindset
In this session, we’ll discuss the classic suite of “marketing metrics” vs what’s more important to us in government “content-based metrics”.
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2020
Building Trust in a Public Health Crisis
Building Trust in a Public Health Crisis—Lately, the 18F content team has been thinking about how to communicate well in a crisis—providing clear, understandable content is especially important. Content strategy practices that focus on the needs of the user are essential to earning the trust of the public. Here, we will explain how to embody those qualities on the web in user-centered ways. — via 18F
Highlights from the Air Force Materiel Command & 18F partnership and the importance of organizational structure, roles of the core team, and user outreach for military and government DevOps.
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2020
See how our Office of Strategic Communication used A/B testing to resolve a difference of opinion within a cross-functional design team.
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2020
Intro to GitHub for Content Creation with Malaika Carpenter
Intro to GitHub for Content Creation with Malaika Carpenter — In this live training, Content Strategy and Design Specialist for GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS), Malaika Carpenter, breaks down how to use GitHub into easy, practical steps and demonstrates ways to use this tool to create, manage and publish website content. — via Digital.gov
"Diga o marque 2": USAGov en Español’s New Approach to Interactive Voice Response
"Diga o marque 2": USAGov en Español’s New Approach to Interactive Voice Response—USAGov receives and responds to questions directly from the public in many ways: through social media, on page surveys on USA.gov and USAGov en Español, and through chats and calls. One powerful tool in the USAGov toolbelt is our interactive voice response (IVR) system in both English and Spanish through the USAGov Contact Center. — via USA.gov
Making .gov More Secure by Default
Making .gov More Secure by Default — The DotGov Program announces its intent to preload the .gov top-level domain in order to protect .gov site visitors. — via DotGov Registry
The June 2020 USWDS monthly focused on the design system and design modernization with guest speakers from 18F. Dan Williams, USWDS product lead, led the call and facilitated a live question and answer session with event attendees.
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2020
