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Digital modernization efforts needed to focus on improving the user experience.</p> <p class="site-c-card__affordance" aria-hidden="true">Learn more</p> </div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 padding-x-2 margin-bottom-4"> <a class="site-c-card site-c-card--linked" href="/projects/ditap"> <img class="site-c-card__image" src="/images/project-ditap-card.jpg" alt="Project photo" /> <div class="site-c-card__body"> <span class="site-c-flag">Cross-agency</span> <h3 class="site-c-card__title">Improving how the government buys technology</h3> <div class="usa-prose margin-top-2"> <p>As the pace of innovation has accelerated, the government鈥檚 ability to meet people鈥檚 expectations of functional digital solutions has not kept pace. 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