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 DOI Revenue Data
News and Updates
Innovative work, news and ideas from people and teams in government
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 2: Challenge.gov
Need help solving a problem? Join Challenge.gov to learn how federal agencies can use prize competitions to reach innovators in novel ways.
New Community
Introducing the New Robotic Process Automation Community of Practice
The new community will explore opportunities, share ideas, and collaborate on how RPA can be effectively implemented in federal agencies.
How Presidential Innovation Fellows and 18F Support One Another in Agencies
Two teams working together to help agencies become more effective at meeting the needs of citizens
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Indexing with Search.gov
Come take a walk through the Search.gov indexing process from start to finish
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DAP Learning Series: Using the Advanced Analysis Tool
We’ll demo the Advanced Analysis tool and show how you can use it to better understand your data and create drag-and-drop reports!
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Crowdsourcing for Access & Engagement at the Library of Congress
Learn how the Library is utilizing user-centered design to invite the public to explore, transcribe, and tag historical materials through a new open source platform.
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An Introduction to the U.S. Data Federation
Find out how the U.S. Data Federation’s work can help you. The team will give an introduction to the problems the U.S. Data Federation seeks to address, describe its approach, and share its vision for the future of the initiative.
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Principles of Speaking Plainly
This seminar adapts principles of plain language to the context of speaking, covering not only wording but also structure and integration with visual aids.
Presidential Innovation Fellows Join FDA to Advance Digital Health
A new PIF team has begun their work applying data science approaches to device, drug, and software development, and associated regulatory decisions.
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Caroline Jarrett on How to Design a Better Form
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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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 1: Citizen Science
This is the first installment of GSA’s Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, where we look at how to use crowdsourcing to reach beyond your walls and source talent and enthusiasm.
Web Analytics: Why the Users Metric Just Got More Complicated
A look at how the new Safari policy will alter your web analytics benchmarks.
Q&A With Ryan Day About GSA’s API Strategy
These new API standards will make it easier for GSA staff to launch and maintain good APIs.
A Year in the Life of a PIF
Advice on how to make the most impact in a limited amount of time in government
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DAP Learning Series: Understanding When to Use Sessions vs. Unique Pageviews
Understanding When to Use Sessions vs. Unique Pageviews
Deep Dive: Using Data Technology + Innovation for Lyme Disease
Addressing Lyme and tick-borne disease by coupling the power of the crowd and patient insights with data.
In her path to becoming a product manager, she found the flexibility to explore new approaches to managing the product while periodically shaping her role into something that worked for the team. — via DOI Revenue Data
