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Jeremy Zilar
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Even with a design system, you still need a designer
The U.S. Web Design System gives flexibility to teams to build the right solution for users, but there are still plenty of design decisions that teams need to make to be successful. In short, you’ll still need a designer.— via 18F
This Week's IDEA
Adopting the USWDS, One Step at a Time
The U.S. Web Design System is key to new website standards
The website standards
As defined in 21st Century IDEA, the Design System incorporates federal standards to improve federal websites and digital services.
Website standards
GSA officially released the ‘website standards’ referenced in Section 3(e) of 21st Century IDEA. The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is key to new website standards.— via General Services Administration
Usability Testing with Steve Krug
Get started making usability fixes to your website or product.
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.
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.
An advanced approach to accessibility
A deeper look at accessibility: what to do, how to do it, and why it matters.
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.
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.
This Week's IDEA
Let’s Talk 21st Century IDEA
We are starting a new blog post series on 21st Century IDEA that’ll break down one essential topic and point to guidance to start running with it.
Building Product Management Capacity in Government, part 1
18F is kicking off a new series on building product management capacity in government agencies that explores the process of helping people in government transition into product management roles through experiential learning.— via 18F
Feedback-Driven Updates to the PRA Guide
This week, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), clarified the process for information collections associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). These changes include an easy to understand chart that lays out the steps for this sometimes hard to understand process, and are a direct result of the feedback they’ve been getting from the community.— via The Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act
A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA.
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
The Most Popular Questions from the Public
The team at USAGov analyzed more than 13,000 chats and phone calls from the public, in both English and Spanish, and then tagged these inquiries by popular topic area. These are the top questions our government-wide contact center received over the last four months.— via USA.gov
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
Learn how you can work with the new investment fund for technology products in the government.
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