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October 22, 2015
Preventing technical debt
In the final part of our series on technical debt, we talk about ways to minimize accumulating bad or unnecessary technical debt in the first place. -
October 21, 2015
Every Kid in a Park: Why we can’t stop smiling
Our projects are iterative, which means we keep working on them after they launch. In keeping with that practice, we’ve kept a close eye on everykidinapark.gov, which went live September 1. We’re excited to share a few of our improvements and updates with you today.Continue reading about Every Kid in a Park: Why we can’t stop smiling
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October 20, 2015
Five factors for building a successful government-wide digital analytics program
Launched just three years ago, the Digital Analytics Program (DAP) continues to drive the 2012 Digital Government Strategy’s mission to improve the citizen experience by streamlining the collection and analysis of digital analytics data on a federal government-wide scale. Today, 45 agencies — including all CFO Act agencies — have implemented the common code across more than 4,000 public-facing websites, counting 1.5 BILLION pageviews each month. -
October 15, 2015
18F’s best practices for making distributed teams work
18F employees live all over the country, which means it's normal for the members of a project team to be spread across multiple cities. Because our teams are distributed, we've developed certain strategies for working well as a collaborative operation.Continue reading about 18F’s best practices for making distributed teams work
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October 14, 2015
What's in a name: Understanding and using government acronyms
We have an acronyms section in our Content Guide, a resource we heartily recommend. Acronyms and abbreviations also have a ton of associated history and nuance, which we’re shedding light on here, hopefully to encourage other authors and agencies to think carefully about how they use them in digital tools.Continue reading about What's in a name: Understanding and using government acronyms
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