Topic: Human-Centered Design
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Form Accessibility Improvements
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's breakout sessions featuring speakers from British Columbia and the state of Wisconsin.
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Visions for the Future at BenCon 2024
Leaders share their aspirations for excellence in digital benefits delivery and their reflections on BenCon and the work ahead.
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Human-Centered Communication to Increase Service Uptake in New Jersey: A Digital Service Network Spotlight
The Digital Services Network (DSN) spoke with the director of the C+E Lab, Katie Fiore, and OOI chief of staff, Kai Feder, to learn more about the C+E Lab and its ongoing role in shifting the State’s approach to using marketing to better connect residents to programs and services.
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Head of User Experience
This is a job description for the role of Head of User Experience from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Why human-centered testing is crucial to building government software
This article reviews two examples of how Nava has used open-source technologies to bring human-centered testing practices to government services software.
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Helping Policy Makers Put People First: A Step-by-Step Tool for User-Centered Policy Making
Teams crafting policy inside and outside government can use the assessment to center their policy-making activities around those most impacted by their proposed programs and policy ideas.
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United States Digital Service Origins
This is an independent oral history archive documenting the founding and early development of the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) between 2009 and 2015.
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SDCI User Research Participant Compensation Policy
The SDCI User Research Participant Compensation Policy establishes guidelines for providing honoraria to user research participants, ensuring equitable, ethical, and inclusive engagement in SDCI’s UX research.
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Digital Benefits Network: 2024 Year in Review
Recap the work and achievements of the Digital Benefits Network in 2024.
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Interview Template Digital Delivery Assessment
This interview template includes questions designed to help teams conduct exploratory, semi-structured interviews with government stakeholders involved in program delivery to gather information that can help them evaluate the status quo of digital delivery in their organization.
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Customer Experience Principles for Unemployment Insurance
The blog post sets up a foundational perspective on CX principles for the state UI agencies.
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How to build a participant advisory council
In 2022, Nava formed its first-ever PAC as part of their initiative to help Montana’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program design a new recertification portal. Leveraging what Nava learned from this experience, this toolkit outlines the necessary steps to form a PAC, including planning a structure for the council, recruiting participants, and other logistics.