USWDS Inclusive Design Patterns
USWDS Monthly Call - August 2022
Join us to learn more about design patterns and how they fit into the design system.
2022
Design
Understand how and why design impacts user experience.
More News and Events on Design
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What Agile Looks Like at the Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Agile at the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) started with 18F. They reflect on where they are today, five years later.— via Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Content Design for beta.ADA.gov: Writing for Action and Flexibility
Content Design for beta.ADA.gov: Writing for Action and Flexibility—18F worked with a team at the Department of Justice to redesign ADA.gov. They helped them launch beta.ada.gov, and designed new content for some of the most sought-after ADA topics.— via 18F
User Experience
2022 Government UX Summit
A two-day summit—June 7 and June 8—with experts who will share their experiences as UX practitioners in the federal government.
2022
Sunsetting Go.USA.gov: Frequently Asked Questions
Sunsetting Go.USA.gov: Frequently Asked Questions—For more than a dozen years, government employees have used the Go.USA.gov URL shortening service to turn long government and military URLs into more manageable short URLs. On September 18, 2022, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will sunset Go.USA.gov. If you’re a Go.USA.gov user, these answers to common questions can help you know what to do to prepare for the end of the service.— via USA.gov
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.
Our friends at Digital.gov will join us to talk through their experience migrating to USWDS 3.0.
2022
Digital Transformation
Change the Way Digital Work Gets Done
Learn about what a Digital End-to-End Efficiency (DEEE) Framework is and how you can get started digitizing and automating your digital processes.
2022
New Release
USWDS Monthly Call - March 2022
During this event, the USWDS core team will preview what to expect in the new USWDS 3.0.
2022
Creating a New Way for People To Discover Government Benefits
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
Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card
During the Digital.gov and Plain Language Community event, Results of the 2021 Federal Report Card, speaker David Lipscomb gave examples of web content that received both high and low scores in the 2021 Plain Language Report Card. Here’s what we learned.
From Fellowship To Full-time: How a CFPB Software Engineer Helped Protect Consumers and Built a Career in Civic Tech
Anselm Bradford, a front-end engineer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is using his tech skills to protect American consumers.
Moving Toward a USWDS API
USWDS Monthly Call - February 2022
In this event, we will explore possibilities for a component API for the U.S. Web Design System.
2022
Customer Experience
The Customer Experience (CX) Symposium Series: A Thought Incubator for Federal CX Practitioners
What is the past, present, and future of public sector customer experience practice? The CX Symposium series gathers practitioners to map our way.
User Experience
Open-source Information Architecture Design: Using the Tools You Have To Conduct Card Sorting and Tree Testing
Learn how we used GitHub to conduct a card sort and tree testing to improve the information architecture for onrr.gov.
Get started with the design system and a how-to demo of template creation and a prototyping approach.
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This month’s topic: Community, Connection & Contribution. How can our community help teams solve problems together?
2021
Let’s peer into the crystal ball and look into the future of USWDS.
2021
User Experience
A User-Centered Approach: Simplicity and Complexity in a Homepage Graphic
A User-Centered Approach: Simplicity and Complexity in a Homepage Graphic—UX interns go through the redesign and testing process of a homepage graphic to communicate the scope the site.
Innovation
GSA Launches New Innovation Adoption Community of Practice
GSA is launching the Innovation Adoption Community of Practice on Digital.gov to connect those who embrace innovative methods and practices that improve government service delivery.
