Join the U.S. Web Design System team as they answer the crucial question, “Why use the design system?”
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Building a User-Centered Data Strategy
Building a User-Centered Data Strategy—Developing a data strategy is challenging, but 18F can help agencies with the process of creating an effective one. Our principles of user-centered design, agile, and iterative delivery can increase an agency’s chance for success in using data more effectively. — via 18F
Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we look at what’s in USWDS 2.11.0, our latest release.
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2021
Next for the U.S. Web Design System
What’s Next for the U.S. Web Design System—In 2020, we brought together researchers, designers, engineers, and policymakers to conduct research across dozens of federal agencies to help support emergency response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today we released a new and exciting report and strategy that outlines what’s next for the design system and our community. — via U.S. Web Design System
Privacy
Security is Everyone’s Responsibility: Delivering Secure, Usable Login for Government
How login.gov incorporated human centered design and continuous discovery into their product development process to improve the user experience.
Learn what’s next for the U.S. Web Design System and our 2021 Roadmap—what we’re planning to do this year, and why we’re planning to do it.
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2021
The New FedRAMP.gov
The New FedRAMP.gov—FedRAMP is excited to announce the launch of our revamped website. Thanks to feedback from our partners and stakeholders, the website has an improved user experience that makes FedRAMP information and resources more accessible. The website provides more in-depth information about FedRAMP’s authorization process, enabling agencies, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and Third-Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs) to easily access pertinent information related to their role in the FedRAMP Authorization process. — via FedRAMP
Learn how journey maps and service blueprints help teams better understand how people really use our sites and services to do what they need to do.
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2021
Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we look at what’s in our latest release: USWDS 2.10.0!
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2020
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, to hear about what’s next for the design system as we come to the end of 2020.
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2020
In this talk, we will uncover some of these tricks, and show what we all can do to assure that deceptive design patterns stay out of the sites we build.
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2020
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we talk about the three new components for the design system.
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2020
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 14: Putting Open Data to Work for America’s Communities
Learn how federal agencies can leverage The Opportunity Project’s adaptable toolkit to engage cross-sector collaborators and rapidly prototype digital products powered by federal open data.
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2020
Presidential Innovation Fellows
How Serving in Government Made Me a Better Designer and Product Manager
Working in U.S. government sharpened all of my product skills. Here are four practices that techies in any sector can use to build empathetic, effective products.
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we talk about the design system and answer your questions.
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2020
Code.gov Better Know an Engineer: Rayvn Manuel
Code.gov Better Know an Engineer: Rayvn Manuel—We’re back with another installment of Better Know an Engineer. We are pleased to feature a friend of Code.gov and all-around amazing person, Rayvn Manuel; senior application developer and DevOps engineer at the Smithsonian Insitute's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). — via Code.gov
User Experience
2020 Government UX Summit: July 28, 29, and 30
A remote event covering user experience (UX) methods, service design, and managing UX in the government.
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For the July 2020 USWDS, Dan Williams, USWDS product lead, led a demonstration of several newly released USWDS components.
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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
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
