The US Digital Service ten years later: how the agency cuts through web design bureaucracy
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from Fast Company7 months ago
Today, the neoclassical architecture of physical spaces has been replaced by the digital architecture of website design-HTML code, tables, forms, and buttons.
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If a website is buggy or doesn't work on your phone, taxpayers cannot access the services they have paid for, creating a negative impression of the government itself.
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President Obama created two new teams in 2014 within the General Services Administration to improve government tech, including 18F and the U.S. Digital Service (USDS).
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The US Web Design System (USWDS) was created to ensure a consistent user experience across government websites, built by collaboration between 18F and USDS.
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