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Using RFPs to make every dollar count
October 3, 2016
We were thrilled to be invited to help National Endowment for the Arts and even more thrilled that we could help them succeed in a way that prevented years of back-and-forth exchanges and many millions of dollars spent. Instead, they invested $30,000 and a couple months to build the Bright Spots interactive graphic.
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USA.gov updates vote.gov: now it’s leaner, faster and multi-lingual
September 27, 2016
One year ago this week, we launched vote.gov. It was a concise and simple site with a single mission: direct citizens through the voter registration process as quickly as possible. Today, on National Voter Registration Day, we're launching this new version.
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Pro tips for data-friendly regulations and proposals
September 27, 2016
We launched the eRegulations Notice and Comment pilot this summer, and in the process saw some patterns in how our partner agencies write their regulations. In response, the eRegulations team prepared a guide to help agencies write regulations in a more data- and human-friendly format that would be easier to parse — thus saving time and money.
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Mississippi brings agile and modular techniques to child welfare system contract
September 20, 2016
The State of Mississippi is about to upgrade its child welfare management system, a system used by about 1,800 state employees in 82 counties, supporting the wellbeing of about 5,000 children across the state. The system was built in the early 2000s, and the employees who use it are stymied by an inefficient interface and aging infrastructure.
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Vendors and government strengthen partnership at Technology Industry Day
September 19, 2016
The Technology Transformation Service (TTS) is already absorbing the first-mover risk of introducing modern tools and techniques, but we know that only with the help of industry will this transformation be able to spread across the federal government. As we all bring agile methodologies, human-centered design, and modular design to the government, the opportunity to improve federal digital services is immense.
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