Topic: User Experience + Product (UX)
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New York State’s Digital Evolution: Championing User-Centric Service Delivery Through Visionary Leadership
For the Digital Service Network’s (DSN) final installment of its summer event series, Let’s Get Digital, we heard about New York State’s (NYS) human-centered design (HCD) journey and how relationships between leadership and digital service teams have been pivotal in advancing user-centric service delivery.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Accessibility Standards
This design system accessibility checklist ensures that all components and design tokens meet or exceed the WCAG 2.1 AA standards, aligning fully with Government of Canada accessibility requirements.
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Senior User Experience (UX) Specialist
This is a job description for the role of Senior User Experience (UX) Specialist from the Ontario Digital Service (ODS).
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Components Repository
This is a monorepo managing the web components of the Government of Canada's Design System, facilitating the creation of consistent and accessible digital services.
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Why Governments Should Prioritize UX for Everyone
Through our research understanding the government digital service field and what workers in this field need, we want to help strengthen those existing roles and establish more pathways for promotion and career support, as well as help other teams recognize the value of these skills and create new roles.
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Civilla Practica: Learn to Design Institutions that Put Humans First
Online courses from Civilla to help you build capacity and deliver impact at scale – designed for government staff and advocates.
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Weathering the Financial Aid Firestorm: A FormFest 2024 Profile
A profile on FormFest speakers Tait Chamberlain and Sean Cassidy, featuring stories about their motivations for working on public sector form innovation.
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The Missed Opportunity in Online Benefits Applications: Mobile First
The ubiquity of mobile devices makes it imperative to build “mobile first” services, i.e. services built with the expectation that they will primarily be accessed on mobile devices. This article also outlines important considerations and suggestions for implementing mobile-first user interfaces.
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Usability Starter Kit
The DigitalGov Usability Starter Kit offers a comprehensive collection of tools and templates designed to assist in creating user-centered digital experiences.
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Prioritize Customer Needs in Ohio Benefits System
This report presents findings and recommendations from a user experience study based on interviews with 156 participants enrolled in Medicaid and SNAP.
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MCPL Top Library Content Staff Engagement Exercise – Dot Vote
This exercise engages participants in selecting the most and least clicked website menu items by marking their choices with stickers, followed by a group review to compare assumptions with actual data. The activity is designed to challenge perceptions about website usage and gather insights to inform future website realignment based on customer needs and strategic priorities.
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Friction! What Makes Getting Public Benefits So Hard and How Understanding Administrative Burdens Can Increase Access at BenCon 2024
Don Moniyhan shares specific burdens and how to measure their impacts.