The Federal Government made it easier for the public to share their knowledge, needs, and lived experiences to improve how government works for them and with them.
This memorandum provides guidance to agencies on how to design and deliver websites and digital services to the public and to assist agencies as they continue to implement the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act1 (21st Century IDEA). It summarizes relevant statutory requirements, clarifies policy requirements, and expands best practices for agency websites and digital services.
This strategy identifies ambitious and achievable actions the Biden-Harris Administration will pursue across five pillars: 1. Improving food access and affordability 2. Integrating nutrition and health 3. Empowering all consumers to make and have access to healthy choices 4. Supporting physical activity for all 5. Enhancing nutrition and food security research
The Performance.gov team hosted a webinar featuring federal customer experience (CX) changemakers from across government and focused on the nine CX projects that aim to address pain points learned about through human-centered design research.
MITRE developed the Comprehensive Careers and Supports for Households (CCASH™) tool to help individuals understand and manage federal benefits and employment services, transitioning from a consumer-focused tool to a policy analytics system. By integrating data from sources like the U.S. Census and the Policy Rules Database, MITRE created a model that allows users to analyze and compare benefits eligibility across states, supporting evidence-based policymaking.
The RFI summary report consolidates submissions received from the open-source software community and details twelve activities that members of the OS3I plan—or have completed—in 2024-2025.
This memo provides guidance on conducting usability testing under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), clarifying when PRA approval is required, and offering strategies for quickly implementing improvements based on usability feedback for federal forms and websites.
Article announcing five new projects by the Office of Management and Budget that will improve experiences the public has with the government during significant movements in their lives. These “life experience” projects are at the center of a new model for how the Federal Government should better design and deliver benefits, services, and programs to the American people during the moments in their lives that matter most.
Comprehensive and sustained improvement in benefits access and customer experience requires changes across policy, operations, technology, staffing, procurement, and more. This guide offers a collection of actions and best practices for states to apply.
Study by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget assessing methods for determining whether agency policies and actions create or exacerbate barriers to full and equal participation by eligible individuals. This study followed the Executive Order on racial equity.
