New USAGov Program Aims to Help Agencies Market Within the Federal Government
Apr 2, 2018 | Claire Loxsom
The Outreach and Marketing team from USAGov helps agencies amplify their key messages through a variety of channels. Read »
News and Updates
The Value of Federal Government Data
Mar 14, 2018 | Bill Brantley
Dr. Bill Brantley covers the application of infonomics as a way to help agencies to measure and use data for organizational innovation and digital transformation. Read »
Thinking About Going Agile? Consider Mass Training to Facilitate the Change
Mar 13, 2018 | Brian Fox
How organizational instruction can help transform the processes and culture of your office. Read »
Redesigning an Intranet Site: Final Stages, Launch, and Lessons Learned
Mar 7, 2018 | Karla Blaine
Helpful lessons from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) on the redesign of an intranet. Read »
Why Your Team Needs Its Own Style Guide and Where to Start
Feb 13, 2018 | Meghan Lazier
Learn how creating your own style guide can help facilitate development for agency websites. Review best practices, lessons learned, and examples from the U.S. Web Design System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Read »
Trends on Tuesday: Because Seeing is Believing—Augmented Reality in the Federal Government
Feb 6, 2018 | Jada Jones
See how augmented reality may be used for data management and cybersecurity practices. Read »
Using Journey Mapping to Streamline Processes Across Agencies
Feb 5, 2018 | Laura Godfrey
Summary of an agency information sharing exercise to improve the customer experience for newly naturalized citizens attempting to travel abroad. Read »
Learn About the Updated IT Accessibility Standards
Jan 30, 2018 | Rachel Flagg
Effective January 18, 2018, the revised 508 standards modernize the federal government’s IT accessibility standards and bring us into alignment with governments around the world. Read »
Making Customer Satisfaction Data Actionable at the Peace Corps
Jan 30, 2018 | Chris Rottler
Learn how measuring customer experience helped inform and guide website development at Peace Corps Read »
A Better DigitalGov
Nov 14, 2017 | Jeremy Zilar
We’re going to try something new here, something better. Read »
U.S. Web Design Standards + DigitalGov
Nov 14, 2017 | Jeremy Zilar
We’re excited to announce that the U.S. Web Design Standards team has moved over to OPP and joined the DigitalGov team. Read »
3 Ways to Manage Research Projects Remotely
Oct 3, 2017 | Nicole Fenton, Jamie Albrecht
Being a remote team doesn’t mean you should forgo any of your research rituals. It means finding different ways to do them. Read »
Machine Learning Paired with Skilled Data Scientists is the Future of Data-Driven Decision Making
Oct 3, 2017 | Jada Jones
ML can provide high-value services for data management and analytics, security threat detection, and process improvement but it doesn’t stop there. Read »
Finding Usability Testers: Tips from an Army Recruiter
Sep 28, 2017 | Meghan Lazier
An Army recruiter shares how her training in the Army has helped in her approach to usability testing, and gives a peek inside how usability testing works for USAJOBS.gov at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Read »
The Data Briefing: How to Build a Chatbot in a Weekend
Sep 27, 2017 | Bill Brantley
As chatbots have become more popular, some online sites will let you create a chatbot with little or no programming. Read »
