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Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —Links to 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 —Configure bots to execute repetitive tasks to save users from performing mundane tasks repeatedly for the same process.
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
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Introduction to design systems —If your organization needs to ensure compliance with a design standard or align to a brand, a design system can help you achieve those goals …
How to Test Websites for Accessibility —Use both manual and automated testing methods to create accessible websites.
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
Best Practices for Writing for the Accessible Web —Tips for making online information accessible for those with auditory and visual needs.
The website standards —as defined in 21st Century IDEA
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act —21st Century IDEA aims to improve the digital experience for government customers and reinforces existing requirements for federal public …
Federal Web Council —A cross-agency group that is working together to improve the delivery of U.S. government information and services online.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) —The primary regulation for use by all executive agencies in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. The FAR also …
Find Your Section 508 Program Manager —Agency Section 508 Program Managers (PMs) are your first point of contact for questions about IT accessibility.
Tabular Comparison of the Previous FAR Text Against the 2021 Update —These FAR Council updates are effective as of September 10, 2021.
Integrating Accessibility into Agency Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Implementation Plans —Guidance on implementing Executive Order (14035) on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce; specifically, …
Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART) —ART is a multifaceted tool that offers interactive, step-by-step guidance on how to determine applicable accessibility requirements.
Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 39.2 - Information and Communication Technology —This subpart implements section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794 d), and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers …
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
How to Test Websites for Accessibility —Use both manual and automated testing methods to create accessible websites.
Guidelines for Digital.gov event presenters —A checklist of requirements for people who are presenting at a Digital.gov event.
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides —Multilingual resources to standardize the use of various languages across government.
18F Accessibility Guide —A resource for developing accessible products.
Accessibility for Teams —A guide to making products more accessible for everyone.
PlainLanguage.gov —A resource to help federal employees write in plain language and comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.
Best Practices for Writing for the Accessible Web —Tips for making online information accessible for those with auditory and visual needs.
An Introduction to Accessibility —An introduction to accessibility, and why it matters.
U.S. Access Board Section 508 Standards —The Section 508 Standard for Electronic and Information Technology requires that when a federal agency shares information digitally, …
Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government —Government agencies are increasingly using social media to engage with citizens, share information and deliver services more quickly and …
Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit Hackpad —The following contains the shared document for the development of the Social Media Policy Toolkit, a shared service of the Federal Social …
Web Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) —The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web …
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
18F De-risking Guides —The Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, …
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
How to start and sustain a federal podcast —Discover how to create and maintain a successful podcast at your federal agency.
How to Present Like a Pro —Wendy Wagner-Smith of the Small Business Administration (SBA) shares her tips and tricks for presenting virtually.
Guidelines for Digital.gov event presenters —A checklist of requirements for people who are presenting at a Digital.gov event.
Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government —In September 2009, the President released his Strategy for American Innovation, calling for agencies to increase their ability to promote …
An Introduction to GitHub —How to use GitHub in easy, practical steps to create, manage and publish website content.
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
Contact Center Operation and Management —Many things can impact the service quality, economics, and sustainability of your government contact center. This section provides insight …
Contact Center Technologies —A contact center is supported by many technologies designed to enhance the customer experience, improve the operating and management …
Getting Started with your Contact Center —This guide provides you with the information to get a governement contact center started
Contact Center Guidelines —Contact Centers are becoming the hub for federal agencies to gather valuable, decision-making data to meet their missions. The Contact …
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation —In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides —Multilingual resources to standardize the use of various languages across government.
PlainLanguage.gov —A resource to help federal employees write in plain language and comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Style Guides by Government Agencies —This page is a collection of style guides created by government agencies.
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation —In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
Content Management Systems Used by Government Agencies —A list of Content Management Systems (CMS) used by government agencies.
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Crowdsourcing Toolkit for Federal Agencies —What is a Challenge? In a challenge, a “seeker” challenges “solvers” to identify a solution to a particular problem, or rewards contestants …
How to Present Like a Pro —Wendy Wagner-Smith of the Small Business Administration (SBA) shares her tips and tricks for presenting virtually.
Department of Homeland Security: Usability Testing Kit —A resource with four approaches to help federal employees perform usability testing.
OMB Circular A-11 Section 280: Managing Customer Experience and Improving Service Delivery —Guidance on how to measure customer experience, including questions on satisfaction and confidence and trust in section 280.7
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act —A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
Customer Experience Toolkit —This Toolkit is intended to help government agencies improve how we deliver services and information to the public.
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
Contact Center Technologies —A contact center is supported by many technologies designed to enhance the customer experience, improve the operating and management …
Contact Center Guidelines —Contact Centers are becoming the hub for federal agencies to gather valuable, decision-making data to meet their missions. The Contact …
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
Inventory.data.gov Guide —Introduction Features Using inventory.data.gov Creating a User Account Using inventory.data.gov to manage datasets Adding a Dataset …
How to Get Your Open Data on Data.gov —Find out below how federal, federal geospatial, and non-federal data is funneled to Data.gov and how you can get your data federated on …
Introduction to design systems —If your organization needs to ensure compliance with a design standard or align to a brand, a design system can help you achieve those goals …
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation —In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
Deceptive Design: How to Identify and Combat Consequence Design —Consequence design is part of everyday life. Deceptive techniques like “dark patterns” and “hostile design” trick people into taking …
Privacy-Preserving Collaboration Using Cryptography —In conjunction with her May 2020 presentation, Dr. Emily Shen outlines her work on Secure multi-party computation (MPC), a type of …
Addressing Barriers to User-Centered Design —An overview of the most common barriers and how federal agencies might address them.
The basics of human-centered design in government —How the Lab at OPM drives innovation through design education
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
18F Accessibility Guide —A resource for developing accessible products.
Accessibility for Teams —A guide to making products more accessible for everyone.
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
Best Practices for Writing for the Accessible Web —Tips for making online information accessible for those with auditory and visual needs.
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Privacy-Preserving Collaboration Using Cryptography —In conjunction with her May 2020 presentation, Dr. Emily Shen outlines her work on Secure multi-party computation (MPC), a type of …
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —Links to relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
2012 Digital Government Strategy —The 2012 Digital Government Strategy mission drives agencies, and the need to deliver better services to customers at a lower cost.
Web Analytics Playbook —Use these plays to help strategize how your team can most effectively use web analytics for your website and target audience.
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Introduction to QR codes —What is a QR code and how can you create one? What are some alternatives to using QR codes? This introductory resource will help you explore …
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
Eight Principles of Mobile-Friendliness —Following these principles will help you make your site more usable and user-friendly.
How to track performance —A step-by-step guide to picking metrics and tools for tracking performance on your siteundefined
Mobile Development Strategies —The following is a list of the most common mobile development strategies.
A Guide to Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites —Based on a recent six-month study, this guide outlines the top five practices needed to improve the mobile-friendliness of federal websites: …
Connected Government Act —Resources to help your agency comply with the Connected Government Act.
Mobile User Experience Guidelines —Six user experience guidelines for creating a mobile product.
Mobile SOW and Developer Qualifications —Structuring a Statement of Work (SOW) for the development or modification of mobile products should be similar to any SOW your government …
Mobile Application Development Program —Helping agencies plan, develop, test and launch anytime, anywhere, any device mobile products and services for the public. Plan—Build a …
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation —In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides —Multilingual resources to standardize the use of various languages across government.
Top 10 Best Practices for Multilingual Websites —Ten tips for creating and managing multilingual government websites.
Dept. of Justice Memo Reaffirming the Mandates of EO 13166 —Executive Order 13 1661 was issued in August of 2000 and this memorandum reaffirms its mandate. The Executive Order has two primary parts: …
Improving Access to Services for People with Limited English Proficiency (EO 13166) —On August 11, 2000, the president signed Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”, …
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Spanish Health Care Terms in the United States —A list of common English health care and medical terms, and their Spanish translations.
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Internet Resources —A list of additional Internet resources to help standardize the use of Spanish across government.
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Information Technology Terms —A list of common English information technology terms, and their Spanish translations.
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Frequently Mistranslated English Terms —A collection of frequently mistranslated English terms and their equivalent in Spanish.
Spanish Language Style Guides and Glossaries —Spanish Language Style Guides are resources for government employees, translators, and communications professionals who work with the …
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Grammar —Examples and explanations for words, phrases, acronyms, numbers, punctuation, capitalization, symbols, and more used in Spanish grammar.
Inventory.data.gov Guide —Introduction Features Using inventory.data.gov Creating a User Account Using inventory.data.gov to manage datasets Adding a Dataset …
How to Get Your Open Data on Data.gov —Find out below how federal, federal geospatial, and non-federal data is funneled to Data.gov and how you can get your data federated on …
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act —A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) —The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 requires that agencies obtain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval before requesting …
Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act —Inspired by the goal of promoting flexible and open interactions between federal agencies and the public this memo clarifies when and how …
M-11-26 New Fast-Track Process for Collecting Service Delivery Feedback Under the Paperwork Reduction Act —The new Paperwork Reduction Act Fast Track Process will allow agencies to obtain timely feedback on service delivery while ensuring that …
Paperwork Reduction Act Fast Track Process —Protect Your Customer’s Privacy Federal agencies must follow various laws and regulations, including the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and …
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
How to track performance —A step-by-step guide to picking metrics and tools for tracking performance on your siteundefined
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation —In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
How to Present Like a Pro —Wendy Wagner-Smith of the Small Business Administration (SBA) shares her tips and tricks for presenting virtually.
Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides —Multilingual resources to standardize the use of various languages across government.
PlainLanguage.gov —A resource to help federal employees write in plain language and comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.
An Introduction to Accessibility —An introduction to accessibility, and why it matters.
Style Guides by Government Agencies —This page is a collection of style guides created by government agencies.
OMB Final Guidance on Implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (M 11-15) —Provides final guidance on implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and is designed to promote the goals of the president’s Open …
Plain Writing Act of 2010 —The law requires that federal agencies provide clear communication about government information and services for the public.
Federal Plain Language Guidelines —The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) put together these federal guidelines to help implement the Plain Language Act of …
Plain Language Web Writing Tips —Help your readers complete their tasks with these Plain Language writing tips.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Handbook —This handbook aims to give CIOs important information needed to be a technology leader at their respective agency.
OMB M-20-19 —Harnessing Technology to Support Mission Continuity
OMB Circular A-11 Section 280: Managing Customer Experience and Improving Service Delivery —Guidance on how to measure customer experience, including questions on satisfaction and confidence and trust in section 280.7
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act —A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA
OMB Memos, Circulars, Executive Orders and Other Policies —Tech- and digital-related policies, memos, circulars and executive orders.
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —Links to relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
M-23-07, Update to Transition to Electronic Records —M-23-07 updates the previous target dates described in M-19-21 to June 24, 2024.
The website standards —as defined in 21st Century IDEA
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act —21st Century IDEA aims to improve the digital experience for government customers and reinforces existing requirements for federal public …
Connected Government Act —Resources to help your agency comply with the Connected Government Act.
Government Customer Service Policies & Requirements: 1993 to Present —A list of government customer service policies and requirements.
Implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act —The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provided this guidance to implement the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). GPEA required …
2012 Digital Government Strategy —The Digital Government Strategy complements several initiatives aimed at building a 21st century government that works better for the …
Requirements for Accepting Externally Issued Identity Credentials —This memo dated October 6, 2011, from the Federal CIO to the CIO’s of Executive Departments and Agencies, mandates that “agencies are to …
OMB Final Guidance on Implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (M 11-15) —Provides final guidance on implementing the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and is designed to promote the goals of the president’s Open …
OMB Memo on Testing and Simplifying Federal Forms —This memo set forth that “To the extent feasible and appropriate, especially for complex or lengthy forms, agencies shall engage in advance …
Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information —Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes …
Dept. of Justice Memo Reaffirming the Mandates of EO 13166 —Executive Order 13 1661 was issued in August of 2000 and this memorandum reaffirms its mandate. The Executive Order has two primary parts: …
Improving Access to Services for People with Limited English Proficiency (EO 13166) —On August 11, 2000, the president signed Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”, …
Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E–Government Act of 2002 (M-03–22) —This guidance provides information to agencies on implementing the privacy provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002. It addresses privacy …
GOV Domain Registration Process Final Rule —This final rule provided a new policy for the .GOV domain that will be included in the Federal Management Regulation.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act —The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual …
U.S. Trademark Law —United States trademark law is mainly governed by the Lanham Act. “Common law” trademark rights are acquired automatically when a business …
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) —The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 requires that agencies obtain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval before requesting …
Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government —In September 2009, the President released his Strategy for American Innovation, calling for agencies to increase their ability to promote …
Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media —Guidelines and recommendations for using social media technologies in a manner that minimizes risks are analyzed and presented in this …
Antideficiency Act Implications of Certain Online Terms of Service Agreements —This memo contains the opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and sheds light on specific, …
Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 – Presentation to the 2003 FISSEA Conference —The head of the agency delegates to the CIO a number of information security responsibilities. The CIO in turn designates a senior agency …
Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers —The World Wide Web (WWW) is a system for exchanging information over the Internet. At the most basic level, the Web can be divided into two …
FY 2004 Reporting Instructions for the Federal Information Security Management Act —This memorandum provides updated instructions for agency reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). …
NARA guidance on Managing Social Media Records —This Bulletin provides high-level record keeping requirements and best practices for capturing records created when federal agencies use …
NARA guidance on Managing Web Records —Managing web records properly is essential to effective web site operations, especially the mitigation of the risks an agency faces by using …
NARA Guidance for Implementing Section 207(e) of the E-Government Act of 2002 —This bulletin provides Federal agencies with the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) approach to improve the management of …
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 1220-1238 —Subchapter B of the CFR specifies polices for federal agencies records management programs relating to proper records creation and …
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”) —The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule,imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children …
Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130 Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals —This Appendix describes agency responsibilities for implementing the reporting and publication requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 …
Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications —This Memorandum requires Federal agencies to take specific steps to protect individual privacy whenever they use third-party websites and …
No FEAR Act —The No FEAR Act requires a Federal agency to post on its public Web site summary statistical data pertaining to complaints of employment …
Guidance on President’s Management Agenda Scorecard Meetings —This memorandum provides Resource Management Offices and PMA Initiative Leads with instructions for preparing for the quarterly PMA …
Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act —Inspired by the goal of promoting flexible and open interactions between federal agencies and the public this memo clarifies when and how …
Executive Order 13571–Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service —The Executive Order 13571 on Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service “requires agencies that provide significant …
M-11-24 Implementing Executive Order 13571 on Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service —Memo M-11-24 is guidance to Implement Executive Order 13571.
M-10-22 Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies —On January 21, 2009, the President issued a memorandum calling for the establishment of “a system of transparency, public participation, and …
M-11-26 New Fast-Track Process for Collecting Service Delivery Feedback Under the Paperwork Reduction Act —The new Paperwork Reduction Act Fast Track Process will allow agencies to obtain timely feedback on service delivery while ensuring that …
U.S. Access Board Section 508 Standards —The Section 508 Standard for Electronic and Information Technology requires that when a federal agency shares information digitally, …
Plain Writing Act of 2010 —The law requires that federal agencies provide clear communication about government information and services for the public.
Implications of Recent Web Technologies for NARA Web Guidance —This document explores some of the emerging web applications and their impact on records management. In its early days, the web was seen …
Federal Plain Language Guidelines —The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) put together these federal guidelines to help implement the Plain Language Act of …
E-Gov Act of 2002 —The E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107–347, 116 Stat. 2899, 44 U.S.C. § 101, H.R. 2458/S. 803), is a United States statute enacted on …
Freedom of Information Act Memo 2009 —The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the law that gives anyone the right to access information from the federal government. It is often …
Paperwork Reduction Act Fast Track Process —Protect Your Customer’s Privacy Federal agencies must follow various laws and regulations, including the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and …
Web Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) —The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web …
Introduction to self-description —Help create inclusive digital spaces with these tips for using self-descriptions in virtual meetings or conference calls.
Guidelines for Digital.gov event presenters —A checklist of requirements for people who are presenting at a Digital.gov event.
Privacy-Preserving Collaboration Using Cryptography —In conjunction with her May 2020 presentation, Dr. Emily Shen outlines her work on Secure multi-party computation (MPC), a type of …
Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E–Government Act of 2002 (M-03–22) —This guidance provides information to agencies on implementing the privacy provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002. It addresses privacy …
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
OMB M-20-19 —Harnessing Technology to Support Mission Continuity
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
Eight Principles of Mobile-Friendliness —Following these principles will help you make your site more usable and user-friendly.
Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —Links to relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
18F De-risking Guides —The Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, …
An Introduction to Accessibility —An introduction to accessibility, and why it matters.
Federal Web Council —A cross-agency group that is working together to improve the delivery of U.S. government information and services online.
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
Connected Government Act —Resources to help your agency comply with the Connected Government Act.
How to Present Like a Pro —Wendy Wagner-Smith of the Small Business Administration (SBA) shares her tips and tricks for presenting virtually.
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
18F De-risking Guides —The Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, …
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
18F Research Guidelines —Covers the basic principles research: informing and getting consent, and managing personally identifiable information (PII)
Addressing Barriers to User-Centered Design —An overview of the most common barriers and how federal agencies might address them.
Managing Research Projects Remotely —Best practices for distributed teams.
The basics of human-centered design in government —How the Lab at OPM drives innovation through design education
Stakeholder and User Interview Checklist —Key interview moments and how to navigate them.
Usability Testing with Steve Krug —Get started making usability fixes to your website or product.
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act —A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA
Tips for capturing the best data from user interviews —How to ensure the most useful information makes its way back to your team for further analysis
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Privacy-Preserving Collaboration Using Cryptography —In conjunction with her May 2020 presentation, Dr. Emily Shen outlines her work on Secure multi-party computation (MPC), a type of …
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
How to Prevent Security Certificates From Expiring During a Lapse in Operations —These are the steps that people in government can take to avoid having security certificates expire during a lapse in operations.
Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 – Presentation to the 2003 FISSEA Conference —The head of the agency delegates to the CIO a number of information security responsibilities. The CIO in turn designates a senior agency …
Social Media Cyber-Vandalism Toolkit —Cyber-vandalism presents a serious challenge to online-based communication tools. This document provides guidance and security practices to …
How to start and sustain a federal podcast —Discover how to create and maintain a successful podcast at your federal agency.
Introduction to QR codes —What is a QR code and how can you create one? What are some alternatives to using QR codes? This introductory resource will help you explore …
Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media —Guidelines and recommendations for using social media technologies in a manner that minimizes risks are analyzed and presented in this …
NARA guidance on Managing Social Media Records —This Bulletin provides high-level record keeping requirements and best practices for capturing records created when federal agencies use …
Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act —Inspired by the goal of promoting flexible and open interactions between federal agencies and the public this memo clarifies when and how …
Social Media Cyber-Vandalism Toolkit —Cyber-vandalism presents a serious challenge to online-based communication tools. This document provides guidance and security practices to …
Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government —Government agencies are increasingly using social media to engage with citizens, share information and deliver services more quickly and …
Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit Hackpad —The following contains the shared document for the development of the Social Media Policy Toolkit, a shared service of the Federal Social …
Guidance for Social Media Providers —GSA welcomes interest from providers that want to offer, for the federal government’s consideration, social media products that are free of …
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
18F De-risking Guides —The Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, …
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
Mobile Development Strategies —The following is a list of the most common mobile development strategies.
A Guide to Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites —Based on a recent six-month study, this guide outlines the top five practices needed to improve the mobile-friendliness of federal websites: …
Open Data Policy (M-13-13) —This Memorandum establishes a framework to help institutionalize the principles of effective information management at each stage of the …
An Introduction to GitHub —How to use GitHub in easy, practical steps to create, manage and publish website content.
Introduction to design systems —If your organization needs to ensure compliance with a design standard or align to a brand, a design system can help you achieve those goals …
Deceptive Design: How to Identify and Combat Consequence Design —Consequence design is part of everyday life. Deceptive techniques like “dark patterns” and “hostile design” trick people into taking …
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
USWDS Maturity Model —How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
Best Practices for Writing for the Accessible Web —Tips for making online information accessible for those with auditory and visual needs.
The website standards —as defined in 21st Century IDEA
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act —21st Century IDEA aims to improve the digital experience for government customers and reinforces existing requirements for federal public …
How to track performance —A step-by-step guide to picking metrics and tools for tracking performance on your siteundefined
Usability Testing with Steve Krug —Get started making usability fixes to your website or product.
Department of Homeland Security: Usability Testing Kit —A resource with four approaches to help federal employees perform usability testing.
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Usability Starter Kit —Here are some tools and templates to help you create better user experiences.
Fueleconomy.gov – Extended Case Study —Like any valid business decision, User Experience work should produce results and demonstrable impact. To see a list of screenshots from …
Government Usability Case Studies —This list of government usability case studies shows how government sites, mobile apps and other products become more effective, more …
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
Deceptive Design: How to Identify and Combat Consequence Design —Consequence design is part of everyday life. Deceptive techniques like “dark patterns” and “hostile design” trick people into taking …
Department of Homeland Security: Usability Testing Kit —A resource with four approaches to help federal employees perform usability testing.
An Introduction to USWDS 3.0 —A design system for the federal government that makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the American …
18F Accessibility Guide —A resource for developing accessible products.
Accessibility for Teams —A guide to making products more accessible for everyone.
Required Web Content and Links —If you manage a public website in the federal government’s executive branch, various policies require you to have certain content—or …
How to track performance —A step-by-step guide to picking metrics and tools for tracking performance on your siteundefined
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
Usability Starter Kit —Here are some tools and templates to help you create better user experiences.
DigitalGov User Experience Program: Test Support —It’s always best to test a product BEFORE you release it. So the best time to evaluate the usability of a product is as early as possible, …
DigitalGov User Experience Program: Speaking Opportunities —The DigitalGov User Experience Program presents to federal audiences by phone, webinar and in person. We cover a variety of topics, …
Fueleconomy.gov – Extended Case Study —Like any valid business decision, User Experience work should produce results and demonstrable impact. To see a list of screenshots from …
Government Usability Case Studies —This list of government usability case studies shows how government sites, mobile apps and other products become more effective, more …
Mobile User Experience Guidelines —Six user experience guidelines for creating a mobile product.
DigitalGov User Experience Resources —DigitalGov’s user experience resources provide tools for federal employees on how to make products and services more user-friendly, save …
Using the do and don’ts table —What to do and what not to do, that is the question
18F Research Guidelines —Covers the basic principles research: informing and getting consent, and managing personally identifiable information (PII)
Addressing Barriers to User-Centered Design —An overview of the most common barriers and how federal agencies might address them.
Managing Research Projects Remotely —Best practices for distributed teams.
The basics of human-centered design in government —How the Lab at OPM drives innovation through design education
Stakeholder and User Interview Checklist —Key interview moments and how to navigate them.
Usability Testing with Steve Krug —Get started making usability fixes to your website or product.
Department of Homeland Security: Usability Testing Kit —A resource with four approaches to help federal employees perform usability testing.
Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act —A plain language guide which answers the most common questions to the PRA
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
Tips for capturing the best data from user interviews —How to ensure the most useful information makes its way back to your team for further analysis
18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
DigitalGov User Experience Resources —DigitalGov’s user experience resources provide tools for federal employees on how to make products and services more user-friendly, save …
Using the do and don’ts table —What to do and what not to do, that is the question
How to Present Like a Pro —Wendy Wagner-Smith of the Small Business Administration (SBA) shares her tips and tricks for presenting virtually.
Guidelines for Digital.gov event presenters —A checklist of requirements for people who are presenting at a Digital.gov event.
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —This event recap highlights best practices, a short case study video, and examples of federal web content that received both high and low …
PlainLanguage.gov —A resource to help federal employees write in plain language and comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.
Style Guides by Government Agencies —This page is a collection of style guides created by government agencies.
Plain Language Web Writing Tips —Help your readers complete their tasks with these Plain Language writing tips.
