Topic: User Research
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Usability Starter Kit
Here are some tools and templates to help you create better user experiences.
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Senior Research Designer
This is a job description for the role of Senior Research Designer from the City of Philadelphia Office of the Chief Administrator (CAO).
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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 Testing for Community-Focused Design
Example of call for user experience participation from the City of St. Paul, Minnesota.
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What we learned from talking to 27 families about their experiences applying for child care benefits
This post explores the lessons learned and opportunities for improvement from USDR's research on families' experiences as they navigate the child care journey.
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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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Uncovering the joys and pains of getting a special event permit
How the Baltimore Digital Services conducted user research to improve Special Event permitting
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When the “Wrong” Words Can Help People Find the Right Services
A short article appearing in the 3/14/23 edition of GovLoop by contributor Greg Jordan-Detamore from Code for America.
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Social Listening: Covid-19, Social Media, and The Path to a Better Safety Net
This report describes how the government can use widespread social media feedback and begin to build long-term measures to center people’s experience as an important component of policy design
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Sprint 2 Report: Michigan Unemployment – Improving the delivery of unemployment insurance benefits
The Sprint 2 Report: Michigan UI Claimant Experience by Civilla and New America examines challenges in Michigan’s unemployment insurance (UI) system and provides human-centered design recommendations to improve accessibility, clarity, and user experience.
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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.
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Making Government Services Inclusive for LGBTQ+ People
Blog post authored by U.S. Digital Response discussing best practices for creating inclusive, accessible, and affirming government services for LGBTQ+ populations gleaned from their recent work in the City of Boston.