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Reduce the back-and-forth that’s slowing down your services
Clear, useful content may be the thing that makes your service faster.
Hello world: Proudly Serving
A community project that proves the power of collective civic collaboration.
Your website is exhausting
If your website feels hard to use, the problem is probably cognitive load.
Webinar tomorrow: if not PDFs, then what?
Break the PDF habit and make HTML your default for government web content.
Stop storytelling, start helping people get things done
People don’t typically visit a government website to be inspired. They’re there because they need to do something.
Update: DOJ extends web accessibility deadlines
This doesn’t change the requirements. It just changes the timeline.
Your website editors need more than technical training
Most website training focuses on the software, not the content. A website that people can find, understand, and use requires more than that.
DOJ may revise the ADA web rule: what local governments should do
(Nothing official has changed yet.)
New online course: Web accessibility for government content managers
If you publish or update content on a government website, this course is for you.