Intended Audience: County Government: Agency
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A Guiding Framework to Vetting Public Sector Technology Vendors
A guiding framework to help vet technology vendors in the public sector.
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Ad Hoc Modular Contracting Guide
A toolkit discussing modular contracting.
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Digital Service Team Mapping
A living dataset housing information related to various digital service teams.
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The Ad Hoc Product Field Guide
This field guide is written for digital services and technology leaders working in government agencies at the federal, state, or local level. It’s meant to highlight the power of product thinking to government digital services. With this guide, agencies can start moving from a project management mindset to a product-based approach to delivering services.
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Why Governments Should Prioritize UX for Everyone
Through our research understanding the government digital service field and what workers in this field need, we want to help strengthen those existing roles and establish more pathways for promotion and career support, as well as help other teams recognize the value of these skills and create new roles.
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Usability testing kit
A collection of guidelines and templates to help you check the usability of election materials
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Why defining your product is an essential question in government digital services
Defining a product in government digital services is crucial, as it serves as the means through which a service is delivered to the public, and understanding its attributes ensures effective and continuous improvement.
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How to use product operations to scale the impact of government digital services
Ad Hoc has found that product operations can help scale impact by putting objective indicators at the center of product decision-making. The team has seen success in supporting product thinking at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where they made it easier for Veterans to access employment and education assistance and for caregivers to receive needed support.
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A phased approach to modular contracting
Modular contracting doesn’t just mean that you break one procurement into several pieces. This article shows you how to take a modular approach with a single contract divided up into natural break points.
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Increasing Security and Equity in Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)
In this webinar, a panel of experts discuss what states can do right now to improve EBT security, how to use data to analyze theft patterns, and how EBT payment technology needs to evolve to ensure efficiency, security, and dignity for beneficiaries.
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Wielding a Theory of Change for Digital Transformation in Government
This essay explores how a ToC is made explicit with various audiences.
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Crafting a Theory of Change for Digital Transformation in Government
In our research announcement on theories of change (ToC) for digital government, the Digital Service Network shared our belief that all Digital Service (DS) teams should work to develop a ToC.