Digital.gov

Guidance on building better digital services in government

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Popular Guides and Resources

Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —The relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
Customer Experience Toolkit —This Toolkit is intended to help government agencies improve how we deliver services and information to the public.
Eight Principles of Mobile-Friendliness —Following these principles will help you make your site more usable and user-friendly.
Guide to Robotic Process Automation —Automate reptitive business processes without writing code
Required Web Content and Links —A list of required links that all federal websites need to have
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.

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USAGov Content Design Team: 2021 Highlights—Our mission at USAGov and USAGov en Español is to make it easy for anyone to find and understand the government information they need. We’re excited about what we accomplished in 2021; we connected with the public 117 million times through our websites, social media, email, and phone and chat contact center support. And with our “data first” mindset, we’re more confident that our content is addressing our users’ needs. — via USA.gov

May 10, 2022

Two Years of Federal Student Aid’s Virtual Assistant Lead to Lessons Learned and a Clear Vision of the Work Ahead

Education’s FSA team behind Aidan® shares what they’ve learned over the past two years to help drive improvements and expand the product to a wider range of users.

Laura Nadel

Christine Wilkes

May 02, 2022

Why We Created a Troubleshooting Guide—The Open Data, Design, and Development team at the U.S. Department of the Interior added a troubleshooting guide to accompany contact information on onrr.gov. This is their process. — via DOI Revenue Data

Apr 20, 2022

Celebrate Public Service Recognition Week with the #GovPossible Toolkit— Our first #GovPossible campaign for Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) last year was a success and now we’re back! From Sunday, May 1 (the start of PSRW) through Friday, May 13, let’s celebrate public servants and the impact they have across federal, state, and local governments. Let’s show them their hard work has not gone unnoticed! — via Performance.gov

Apr 12, 2022

3 Examples of How USAGov Engaged With the Public in 2021—USAGov is the official guide to government services and information for the public. Its outreach team connects people to that information through USA.gov and USAGov en Español social media, email, and other delivery channels. 2021 was a busy year for the outreach team; here are a few highlights. — via USA.gov

Apr 12, 2022

Building and Supporting a Diverse Technology Workforce in the Federal Government

Brian Whittaker, acting Chief Innovation Officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), shares his personal reflections on the importance of a diverse workforce in government and civic tech.

Brian Whittaker

Mar 22, 2022

Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration

Sunshine Week: How GSA Supports Open Government Principles

Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022) celebrates the Government in the Sunshine Act, which promotes greater transparency in government activities. Our mission at GSA is to deliver effective and efficient government services for the American people. To do so, we have to be transparent and accessible—by opening meetings to the public, ensuring that federal buildings and facilities are fully accessible to all people, and making information on documents or pages (web pages, PDFs, newsletters, etc.) open and accessible. Learn about some of our initiatives that best display these principles.

GSA Blog Team

Mar 17, 2022

10 Hiring Tips for Attracting Underrepresented Digital Services Talent to Serve

As we focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) as a priority across the federal government, what are some ideas we can keep in mind as we build our digital teams?

Victoria Bitzer-Wales

Tori Garten

Mar 16, 2022

Creating a New Way for People To Discover Government Benefits—To make it even easier for everyone to find services and benefits without needing to understand government structure, we’re developing a new digital tool in partnership with 10x, GSA’s incremental technology fund. BEARS, the Benefits Eligibility Awareness Resource Service, is an important step forward in providing an integrated, simple solution for federal benefits to improve the customer experience and will eventually cover all federal benefits from all agencies. — via USA.gov

Mar 15, 2022

Celebrating Black History at TTS: Reflections on the Challenges of the Past and Present

Technology Transformation Services (TTS) has a vision for a government that is trusted, modern, and provides services for all. During Black History Month, two of our affinity groups took the opportunity to balance celebration with reflection on the challenges of the past and present.

Patrick Kigongo

Jon Roberts

Mar 14, 2022