Design
Design on GovFresh.
Thoughts
Every government needs a web bot policy
Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.
Government websites are dead. Long live government websites.
AI will expedite government services moving from aesthetic design to machine-readable data.
Code is digital experience (and law)
Great source code meets machine-readable web industry standards and best practices and – perhaps most important to some – adheres to the code of law.
Analyzing U.S. federal and state government website metadata
How government-managed domains conform to basic metadata practices.
Metadata, Open Graph and government websites
Complete metadata can have a significant impact on how citizens experience government digital services.
Citizen DX: Government customer experience starts with data
Properly managing and delivering citizen data should be the U.S. government's first CX priority.
Podcast
Civic hacking with Carlos Moreno
A citizen journalist and civic technologist shares his experiences and lessons learned civic hacking.
How government can design a human-centered social safety net
The Government We Need talks with Amanda Renteria about getting public benefits to people in the digital age.
How we can code a better government
The Government We Need talks with Code for America founder Jen Pahlka about how technology can be a force for civic change.
Demos
ca.gov
State of California UX Design and Web Development Manager Artem Khomishen gives a demo of ca.gov.
Papers
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Briefs
New web accessibility law
A brief-ish explainer of the new web accessibility law for state and local governments.
Direct message
Research
OpenACR
GovFresh research notes on OpenACR Editor.
Declaration for the Future of the Internet
GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.
U.S. Web Design System
GovFresh research notes on the U.S. Web Design System.
Plain Language
GovFresh research notes on plain language.
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act
GovFresh research notes on the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act.
Signal
GovFresh building a government WordPress theme
Despite the fact that millions of websites around the world today are powered by low- and no-cost open source content management systems, nearly all small city governments remain trapped in the 90s. To date, however, this need hasn't adequately been served, and we need to change this. We can change this.
Introducing GovPress
After several years of talking about and conceptualizing, and months of development, I'm proud to formally (and finally) release GovPress, a simple, elegant WordPress theme for government.
New GovPress update
After a long hiatus, GovPress -- the WordPress theme for government -- has been updated.
Time for government to stop using Medium
A publishing platform that says it's an environment open to everyone doesn't provide equal access to all.
A meta tag on USAJOBS posts could substantially increase the visibility of federal government job opportunities
One simple piece of code to the U.S. government's employment website could go a long way in increasing social media reach.
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Retrospecting 2022
Building community, civic hacking with my son, pedigree and public interest technology.
White House wants your input on open source software security
A 'civic opportunity to help shape the government’s thinking about open-source software security.'
U.S. government launches website standards initiative
Will help “deliver consistent, digital-first experiences for the public."
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
