Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we discuss the USWDS and answer your questions.
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2019
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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.
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.
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
Join the U.S. Web Design System Community
Are you and your team working with the U.S. Web Design System on your site, or have plans to start using it? The USWDS team has a public Slack channel where you can meet other government engineers, content specialists, and designers who are working with the USWDS to build accessible, mobile-friendly websites. — via U.S. Web Design System
This month, we’ll take a look at the development process for a USWDS component and demonstrate how we start with a problem and work to a solution that could be shared across other websites.
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2019
Technology Transformation Begins With People: Closing the Human-Technology Gap
GSA's Technology Transformation Services is prototyping a human-centered approach to cultivating an environment of lifelong learning to attract and retain the best talent to serve our citizens.
Prototyping Engagement Workshops for the Future of Federal Data, Dashboards, and Storytelling
User-centered design is critical for meetings—from the front lines to C-suite. How might we host more hands-on learning sessions and experience exchanges to improve and customize the way the federal workforce communicates to diverse stakeholders?
Join Dan Williams, U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) product lead, as he walks through the design system and answers your questions. This month we’ll take a look at bootstrapping USWDS, including how to add USWDS to a project and start designing in minutes.
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2019
In our July meeting, the USWDS team and special guests walk through migrating sites to USWDS 2 and take any questions you might have.
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2019
Intro
Get Your Idea Funded Through 10x
Introducing a new investment fund for technology products in the federal government
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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2019
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
Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we talk through the recent update to 2.0
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2019
Sponsored by the User Experience Community of Practice (UX CoP) and DigitalGov, this event is an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned in UX and network with other UX practitioners from across the government.
2019
Journey Maps as Communication Tools
The team at Office of Natural Resources Revenue wrote about how they use journey mapping to help teams look at their agency’s processes in a more comprehensive way. — via Office of Natural Resources Revenue
We have a lot of forms in government, and many of them would benefit from better design. In this talk, Caroline Jarrett will explore a curriculum she’s working on about how to design forms.
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2019
Introducing USWDS 2.0
Today’s update introduces a powerful toolkit of new features to help make creating useful, consistent digital services faster, simpler, and more fun.
How should designers collect data and how can they use that data to inform their work? Dalia El-Shimy, UX Research Lead at Shopify’s Montreal Office, will share how her team uses mixed methods research in support of its design decisions.
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2019
Health Tech Sprint Aims at Improving Care Access and Experience
This sprint is designed to improve care by assisting in access to novel therapeutics and improving clinical trials.
