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Making the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards better through your feedback

By Carolyn Dew , Melody Kramer
March 16, 2016 web design system best practices user-centered design design

Since our launch of the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards last September, hundreds of people have provided feedback on the project through GitHub issues and via email. We’ve received dozens of feature requests as well as over 400 contributions from the open source community.
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Treasury and the DATA Act: Full of sunshine

By Becky Sweger
March 15, 2016 treasury agency work agile data act

To celebrate Sunshine Week, we’re highlighting some groundbreaking open government work by the Department of the Treasury, one of 18F’s partner agencies.
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Designing services that are accessible, transparent, and easy for all to use

By Colin MacArthur , Carolyn Dew , Michelle Chronister , John Yuda , Brad Nunnally
March 11, 2016 federal front door user research best practices web design system user-centered design

We're publishing a full report to better understand the public's overall experience interacting with the federal government and their attitudes about sharing information with government agencies. Today we end the series with a look at what we’ll focus on in the next stage of research.
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Announcing the launch of the Digital Acquisitions Pilot

By Amy Wilson , Chris Cairns , Bob Ballance , Victor Udoewa , Duane Rollins
March 10, 2016 digital acquisition accelerator acquisition services u.s. digital service presidential innovation fellows product launch

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) released a memorandum today that encourages agencies across the federal government to pursue innovative approaches to acquiring goods and services. Given the growing importance of digital acquisitions, OFPP is also launching a Digital Acquisitions Pilot along with the memo.
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What people think about before deciding to share personal information with the government

By Colin MacArthur , Carolyn Dew , Michelle Chronister , John Yuda , Brad Nunnally
March 10, 2016 federal front door user research best practices web design system user-centered design

Over the next two weeks, we’re publishing a full report with findings from our research to better understand the public's overall experience interacting with the federal government and their attitudes about sharing information with government agencies. In today’s installment, we'll share what people think about before deciding to share personal information with the government.
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