Solid-gold HTML? Trump plans redesign of government webs
Briefly

An executive order establishes a National Design Studio and the America by Design initiative to modernize federal digital services. The National Design Studio will prioritize making government design language usable and beautiful online, reduce duplicative design costs, create a new design standard, and improve citizen interactions with government digital touchpoints. The administration cites roughly 26,000 federal websites, noting only six percent rate well on mobile while 45 percent are unfriendly to mobile and fewer than 20 percent follow the US Web Design System guidance. Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia will lead the initiative to update government services toward higher-quality user experiences.
With a sprawling ecosystem of digital services offered to Americans, the Government has lagged behind in usability and aesthetics,
It is time to fill the digital potholes across our Nation,
My directive is to update today's government services to be as satisfying to use as the Apple Store: beautifully designed, great user exper
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