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Forms
FormFest 2025 Recap: Avoiding Forms Altogether with Automatic Enrollment
An event recap from one of FormFest 2025’s breakout sessions featuring speakers from the City of Philadelphia.
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Human-Centered Design
FormFest 2025 Recap: Does Your Accessible Form Work Well for Screen Readers?
This blog summarizes a FormFest session where the Center for Civic Design shared research on how screen reader users navigate voter registration forms and offered guidance for designing more accessible digital and PDF forms.
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Automation + AI
FormFest 2025 Recap: Goodbye Manual Paper Forms: Using AI to Review Paper Forms
An event recap from one of FormFest 2025’s breakout sessions featuring speakers from the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority and Exygy.
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Forms
FormFest 2025 Recap: Integrated Benefits Form Design from the Front Lines
An event recap from one of FormFest 2025’s breakout sessions featuring speakers from Code for America and Arizona’s Department of Economic Security (DES).
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Human-Centered Design
25 Million Trees Initiative Tree Tracker Form
An intake form for New Yorkers to record any tree plantings to count toward the 25 million trees goal.
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Human-Centered Design
A Field Guide to Fix Government Forms
A practical, research-based handbook from The Lab @ DC that teaches public servants how to redesign confusing government forms through user-centered, evidence-based design methods.
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Automation + AI
AI Agents for Streamlining Safety Net Applications
Explore how generative AI is changing public benefits by automating application tasks, boosting accuracy, and freeing up caseworker time.
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Human-Centered Design
Around the Form
This fast paced panel will recap highlights from FormFest 2025, including key takeaways, choice quotes, and memorable moments.
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Human-Centered Design
Avoiding Forms Altogether Through Automatic Enrollment
Learn how Philadelphia’s Zero Fare program is eliminating forms and expanding access by using administrative data for automatic enrollment.
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Human-Centered Design
Before the Research: Rethinking Internal Government Forms
Explore how improving internal forms can unlock more agile government, with a focus on New York City's research forms.
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Human-Centered Design
Beyond the Basics Accessible Form Validation That Works
See how Massachusetts is improving digital accessibility with form validation fixes, live demos, code tips, and guidance for ADA compliance.
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Human-Centered Design
Blueprint → Browser How NY Turns Wireframes to Working Code
See how New York is transforming form design with fast, repeatable workflows that use tools like Figma, GitHub Copilot, and Code Connect.