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Framing the Triangle: A FormFest 2024 Profile
A profile on FormFest speakers Paul Pistorius and Julian Rosner, featuring stories about their motivations for working on public sector form innovation.
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How IRS Direct File Demystified Tax Forms and Built Trust
This mainstage session from FormFest 2024 featured behind-the-scenes stories about the IRS’ work to turn tax forms from static PDFs into a user friendly digital experience.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Forms Coast to Coast
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's closing main stage session featuring speakers from the City of Portland, Oregon and New York City, New York.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Local Government Form Improvements
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's breakout sessions featuring speakers from South Bend Indiana and others working on creating accessible legal forms.
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Designing More Accessible Gender Questions for Government Forms: A Digital Toolkit
This toolkit outlines actionable changes for government practitioners looking to improve the accuracy and accessibility of the questions on their forms that collect information about a user’s gender.
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Tips and Tricks for Better Forms: A FormFest 2025 Profile
A profile on FormFest speaker Karissa Minnich, a civic design manager with The Lab @ DC, whose innovative approach to redesigning government forms has transformed paperwork into a model of human-centered design.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Welcome to FormFest
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's opening main stage featuring speakers from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Maryland, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, and Code for America.
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Education Forms From Preschool to College
This session from FormFest 2024 features the South Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council’s work developing a single portal to integrate applications for publicly funded programs and services, and the office of Federal Student Aid’s work on the FAFSA form.
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Local Government Form Improvements
This session from FormFest 2024 featured the work in Austin, Texas on criminal justice forms, and the South Bend, Indiana Animal Resource Center’s efforts to redevelop their animal adoption forms.
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International Work on Human Centered Form Design
This session from FormFest 2024 focused on human centered form improvements from the City of Reykjavik and the German Digital Service’s form simplification project.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: All Things Artificial Intelligence
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's breakout sessions featuring speakers from the Canadian Digital Service and the National Head Start Association.
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Scaling Form Improvements in State Government
This session from FormFest 2024 features Arizona’s form improvement capacity building initiative and Massachusetts’ form improvements that were a result of the Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience act.