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NASA’s journey with the U.S. Web Design Standards

By Julia Elman
March 21, 2017 web design system design nasa

The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently implemented on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 26 million monthly users, and they’ve been recommended by the Office of Management and Budget for all government agencies. We chatted with Brandon Ruffridge, Senior Software Developer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, to talk about his team’s use of the U.S. Web Design Standards.
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One agency’s investments in open source mean others benefit

By Chris Goranson , Aaron Burk , Rebecca Refoy-Sidibe
March 15, 2017 acquisition services open source agency work

One of the advantages to working across government is that we often have opportunities to share insights from other projects, repurpose code, and connect otherwise disjointed efforts. This happens in direct work with our partners, but also on our blog and in our GitHub repository. Our code, guides, and other work are all free for other government agencies and the public to use for their benefit (and we love when people do).
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U.S. Web Design Standards releases version 1.0

By Will Sullivan
March 13, 2017 web design system design open source

The U.S. Web Design Standards are a library of design guidelines and code to help government developers quickly create trustworthy, accessible, and consistent digital government services. Last week, we announced the 1.0 release of the Standards, a milestone that signals the Standards are a stable, trustworthy resource for government designers and developers.
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To get things done, you need great, secure tools

By V. David Zvenyach
February 27, 2017 security acquisition services cloud.gov

To folks new to government, one of the most surprising differences between our work and work in the private sector are the barriers in accessing commercially available software, and commercially available Software as a Service (SaaS) in particular. There are many good reasons for these barriers but digital teams need great tools to get work done and compliance requires tradeoffs associated with time to initial delivery and accommodation of constraints that are different from the private sector.
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cloud.gov is now FedRAMP Authorized for use by federal agencies

By Britta Gustafson , James Hupp , Bret Mogilefsky , Will Slack
February 2, 2017 cloud.gov platforms tools you can use devops

We’re delighted to announce that cloud.gov is now FedRAMP Authorized, which enables agencies to quickly transition their web-based services to efficient and easy-to-use cloud hosting. FedRAMP Authorized status marks completion of a comprehensive security and compliance assessment that enables federal agencies to start using cloud.gov with significantly reduced effort. cloud.gov is a government-customized hosting platform that takes care of technical infrastructure and security compliance requirements.
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