An article examining how automation and AI are being used in welfare systems, arguing that digital benefits administration often reproduces longstanding patterns of surveillance, exclusion, and inequality.
The portfolio page outlines federal projects focused on elevating how people interact with government services by prioritizing user needs, accessibility, equity, and consistency across agencies.
This case study details the development of a document extraction prototype to streamline benefits application processing through automated data capture and classification.
Learn how to use generative AI to quickly create unemployment insurance translations that are accurate, easy to understand, and tailored to your state.
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.
The Digital Service Network is publishing two essays to kick-start new (or super-charge existing) theories of change for government Digital Service teams.
This video shows you how to get started with using Generative AI tools, including Bard, Bing, and ChatGPT, in your work as public sector professionals.
This article explores how anticipatory logics—drawing from foresight, futures thinking, and design—are shaping the future of government by creating space for innovative policy approaches, public participation, and proactive governance.
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.
This toolkit provides practical guidance for agencies, researchers, and community partners to embed racial equity throughout every stage of data integration and use.
A modern system that helps people learn about, apply for, and gain access to affordable housing. Bloom Housing is an open source platform that digitizes the process of finding and applying for affordable housing, turning a time-consuming paper process into a 15 minute activity from one's smartphone or computer.
