Resource Format: Article: Blog
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User Research How User Research Can Help
Blog discussing how user research can help improve your agency’s benefits implementation, service delivery workflows, and procurement.
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User Research Tips for capturing the best data from user interviews
In this blog post, we’ve detailed some of the steps we take to help capture the best data possible when conducting interviews. This post is intended as a guide for people who need to conduct user interviews and for people simply curious about how we work.
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Procurement Keys to a Healthier Digital Future: Interoperability, Open Protocols, and Tech Governance
This research brief summarizes the ideas and recommendations from sessions with dozens of cross-sector stakeholders within the technology ecosystem to identify conditions for better, healthier, more secure digital ecosystems that could help guide the next generation of open protocols and platforms.
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Automation + AI Learning the Importance of Applying Human-Centered Design to Government AI Projects
Takeaways from a workshop focusing on applying human-centered design to government artificial intelligence (AI) projects, led by Elham Ali, Researcher from the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation.
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Digital Identity Decoded: Digital Identity in Public Benefits (Webinar)
In this webinar, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Digital Benefits Network explored key terms related to digital identity, and provided ecosystem-level context on how authentication and identity proofing may show up in the online benefits experience and impact clients. Presenters also shared a list of resources, including guidance from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), introductory materials, and other research to support participants in continued learning.
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Automation + AI Updates to the OECD’s definition of an AI system explained
In 2023, OECD member countries approved a revised version of the Organisation’s definition of an AI system. This post explains the reasoning behind the updated definition.
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Automation + AI Parking signs and possible futures for LLMs in government
Government agencies adopting generative AI tools seems inevitable at this point. But there is more than one possible future for how agencies use generative AI to simplify complex government information.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Cross-Sector Insights From the Rules as Code Community of Practice
In this report, the Digital Benefits Network shares learnings from the Rules as Code Community of Practice. Insights are grouped along core themes expressed by cross-sector practitioners, including complexity in policies, interest in sharing knowledge, tools, and code, the need for more training and technical assistance, and willingness to collaborate on an open standard for writing rules and developing a shared code library.
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Human-Centered Design Gathering feedback with customer panels
To improve the .gov registrar, 18F and CISA created customer panels to gather feedback, opinions, and suggestions. Using a customer-centric approached enabled 18F and CISA to identify areas for improvement, build a product roadmap, and establish relationships with users.
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Digital Identity The difference between digital identity, identification, and ID
This style guide from Caribou Digital outlines how to talk about identity in a digital age.
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Automation + AI What’s in a name? A survey of strong regulatory definitions of automated decision-making systems
This post outlines different definitions of automated decision-making systems proposed by scholars and government entities.
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Human-Centered Design Hiring Spotlight: Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance
The Digital Service Network (DSN) recently sat down with the Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) team to learn more about an exciting role they’re hiring for.