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December 22, 2016

Charting the future of the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards

By Will Sullivan

As part of the latest release of the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards, we updated our design principles to better represent the evolving goals of this project. This update shows how we’re growing our open source community, focusing on experimenting with more complex components and maturing the Standards to be more mobile-focused.

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December 15, 2016

TTS projects forward Open Government Partnership principles

By Dahianna Salazar Foreman , Andre Francisco

The U.S. Open Government National Action Plans promote the Open Government Partnership’s principles of transparency, facilitating access to government services for the public, and citizen engagement. 18F has worked with several agencies to advance the these goals through projects like DATA Act, eRegulations, USEITI, College Scorecard, and the Public Participation Playbook.

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December 14, 2016

How to run an efficient meeting

By Will Slack , Alex Bisker

Many people spend a significant percentage of working time in meetings. This blog post digs into how to make that time productive and useful (which sometimes means cancelling a meeting that doesn’t need to happen). We cover time management, room management, presentation style, note taking, preparation, next step management, and more.

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December 13, 2016

Lowering the risk of experimentation with open source code

By Andre Francisco

In September, Singapore launched the govBuy Marketplace, adapted from the Technology Transformation Service’s (TTS) Micro-Purchase Marketplace. Both sites are an auction platform designed to connect government teams to small businesses ready to solve small technical problems using open source code. The code that powers both platforms is also open source.

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December 12, 2016

Connecting culture change at 18F and PBS

By Greg Boone

Designing the workplace is one of many services offered by GSA's Public Buildings Service. In Lakewood, Colorado, the team approaches the task as consultants working with agencies to change their space and the culture to go with it.

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