Publications
The DBN and DSN regularly publish original research and storytelling publications. Explore all of our publications.
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Government Digital Service Team Tracker
The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation's Digital Service Network (DSN) maintains a Government Digital Service Team Tracker: a living database for those seeking to learn more about the locations, structures, mandates, and more of government digital service teams across the United States.
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Let’s Get Digital
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Toward Sound, Explicit Theories of Change for Digital Service Teams
The Digital Service Network is publishing two essays to kick-start new (or super-charge existing) theories of change for government Digital Service teams.
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Creating a Culture of Digital Service in the City of Philadelphia
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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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Human-Centered Communication to Increase Service Uptake in New Jersey: A Digital Service Network Spotlight
DSN Spotlights are short-form project profiles that feature exciting work happening across our network of digital government practitioners. Spotlights celebrate our members’ stories, lift up actionable takeaways for other practitioners, and put the artifacts we host in the Digital Government Hub in context.
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Digital Identity Glossary
A glossary of key terms related to digital identity.
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State-level Digital Transformation Policy Scan
Delve into the policies that shape government digital transformation across states and territories with our databases and visualization tools.
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Building a User Research Compensation Process from the Ground Up in Saint Paul: A Digital Service Network Spotlight
The Digital Service Network (DSN) spoke with Ashley O’Brien, user experience designer for the City of Saint Paul, MN, about the flexible and resourceful approach she took to reach people across the city.
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Using Live Chat to Meet Constituent Needs in New Jersey: A Digital Service Network Spotlight
The Digital Services Network (DSN) spoke with the director of OOI’s Business Experience Initiative, E.J. Kalafarski, the director of Business Experience for the State, Jessica Lax, and product manager, Joe DeLaTorre, to learn about Business.NJ.gov’s live chat feature.
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The Door To Digital Transformation In Connecticut: A Digital Service Network Spotlight
The Digital Services Network (DSN) spoke with Connecticut’s digital program manager, Max Gigle, and Director of Digital Government and Operational Excellence David Labbadia, to learn more about the team’s human-centered approach to developing Business.CT.gov as the first step on the path toward an “all-digital government.”
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Postcards from the Community: Digital Benefits Network Team Visits Michigan
DBN is starting 2024 with momentum and added two new staff to the team in January. This team hit the ground running and headed to Michigan to visit network partners on March 12-13, 2024.