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July 16, 2015

An introduction to HTTPS, by 18F and DigitalGov University

By Eric Mill , Gray Brooks

18F uses HTTPS for everything we make, and the U.S. government is in the process of transitioning to HTTPS everywhere. As part of this effort, we've recently partnered with DigitalGov University to produce a two-video series introducing the why's and how's of HTTPS.

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July 15, 2015

67 million more Federal Election Commission records at your fingertips

By Lindsay Young

The OpenFEC API added a filings endpoint as well as itemized receipt and disbursement data. This is the first major update to the API: The records we’re adding today are the meat and potatoes of campaign finance. You can see in detail where a campaign’s money comes from and where they spend their money.

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July 8, 2015

Introducing the Federal Election Commission’s first API

By Lindsay Young

Today marks the launch of the FEC’s first API. With that API, searching for candidates and committees will be easier and more interactive. Information is organized around concepts like candidates, which are more welcoming than navigating buckets of information based on forms.

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July 6, 2015

The 18F content guide: working toward cleaner, more accessible communication

By Kate Garklavs

We’re proud to announce the release of our 18F Content Guide, a comprehensive handbook to help content creators on our team (and, we hope, elsewhere) create more direct, accessible, and compelling written works.

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June 25, 2015

Improving the healthcare.gov experience

By Andre Francisco

In this video from the recent moveForward(100); event, Eric Maland of USDS explains the new improvements to the healthcare.gov application system, and how his team of eight developers helped save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year.

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