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serves as the official channel of disaster communications for the federal government. To help people across the country prepare for and recover from disasters, we use different tactics across our channels.</p> <p>These tips can help your organization deliver timely information to your audience during a disaster.</p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> November 13, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/five-quick-tips-for-sharing-information-during-an-emergency-2" title="Five quick tips for sharing information during an emergency" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/marketing">Marketing</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/building-a-tool-to-make-mail-in-voter-registration-more-accessible" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY%2025Blog_WelcomeNewVote_DRAFTS%2810.21.24%29_v003.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="Building a tool to make mail-in voter registration more accessible next to a phone showing the vote.gov website"> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/building-a-tool-to-make-mail-in-voter-registration-more-accessible">Building a tool to make mail-in voter registration more accessible</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5;">At vote.gov, our mission is to make it easy for all eligible voters to understand how to register and vote. That’s why we’ve partnered with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to create a tool that helps people more easily fill out the National Mail Voter Registration Form. </p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> October 22, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/building-a-tool-to-make-mail-in-voter-registration-more-accessible" title="Building a tool to make mail-in voter registration more accessible" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/marketing">Marketing</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/design-and-development">Design and Development</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/multilingual">Multilingual</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/creating-the-new-benefits-experience-on-usa.gov-and-usagov-en-español" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20b.gov%20announcement%204%20FINAL-1.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="A group of people smile for a selfie under the banner with text "Discover the benefits available to you usa.gov/benefit-finder""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/creating-the-new-benefits-experience-on-usa.gov-and-usagov-en-español">Creating the new benefits experience on USA.gov and USAGov en Español</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">We’re celebrating the release of our new benefits experience on</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.usa.gov/benefit-finder">USA.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> and </span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/es/buscador-beneficios">USAGov en Español</a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">. </span>It features a redesigned benefit finder tool, offering a more streamlined way to find government benefits for health care, housing, food, unemployment, and more. </span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">This major update came as a result of the closing of Benefits.gov, SSABest.Benefits.gov, and GovLoans.gov. It transitions the role of the government’s one-stop shop for federal benefits information to the</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.usa.gov/mission-history">USAGov program</a><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></span></p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> October 01, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/creating-the-new-benefits-experience-on-usa.gov-and-usagov-en-español" title="Creating the new benefits experience on USA.gov and USAGov en Español" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/design-and-development">Design and Development</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/performance-and-analytics">Performance and Analytics</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/multilingual">Multilingual</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/introducing-the-new-vote.gov" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24_meet_the_new_votegov_v1.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="The text "Introducing the new vote.gov your source for official voting information" next to a smartphone showing the vote.gov website being held by a black and white hand in front of a red and blue backdrop"> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/introducing-the-new-vote.gov">Introducing the new vote.gov</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Since its launch in 2016, </span><a href="https://vote.gov/">vote.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> has been known as a trusted source for accurate, official voting information from the U.S. government. We recently gave the site a new look with improved accessibility features and expanded information based on questions we heard from voters. And vote.gov is now available in 19 languages — covering 96% of the American public — with more on the way. </span></span></p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> August 27, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/introducing-the-new-vote.gov" title="Introducing the new vote.gov" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/design-and-development">Design and Development</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/performance-and-analytics">Performance and Analytics</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/multilingual">Multilingual</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/vote-gov">Vote.gov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/a-new-benefits-experience-is-coming-to-usagov" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20New%20benefits%20experience%20on%20USAGov%20%281%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="The text "A new benefits experience is coming to USAGov" next to a woman smiling while working on her laptop in her wheelchair."> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/a-new-benefits-experience-is-coming-to-usagov">A new benefits experience is coming to USAGov</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #000000;">One of th<span style="font-size: 17px;">e </span></span><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.usa.gov/mission-history">USAGov</a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> p</span>rogram’s core focus areas is improving the benefits experience for our users. With customer experience in mind, we’re excited to share a significant change coming this fall. <a href="https://www.benefits.gov" rel="noopener">Benefits.gov</a>, which has been hosted by the Department of Labor since 2002, will be sunsetting at the end of September, and we're creating a new benefits experience <span style="font-size: 17px;">on </span></span><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://usa.gov/">USA.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> and </span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/es/">USAGov en Español</a><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></span></p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> August 07, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/a-new-benefits-experience-is-coming-to-usagov" title="A new benefits experience is coming to USAGov" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/marketing">Marketing</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/design-and-development">Design and Development</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/performance-and-analytics">Performance and Analytics</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/multilingual">Multilingual</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/three-tips-for-using-meta-descriptions" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Three%20tips%20for%20using%20meta%20descriptions.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/three-tips-for-using-meta-descriptions">Three tips for using meta descriptions</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: #000000;">At </span><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> and </span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/espanol/">USAGov en Español</a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">,</span> we’re always striving to make our content more useful to the public. Meta descriptions are one way we help people quickly find the government information they’re looking for.</span></p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> June 04, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/three-tips-for-using-meta-descriptions" title="Three tips for using meta descriptions" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/one-year-with-the-new-usagov" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24_Blog%20OneYearWithUSAGov%20%2805.07.24%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/one-year-with-the-new-usagov">One year with the new USAGov</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p>It’s been a year since we launched reimagined versions of <a href="https://www.usa.gov/"><span>USA.gov</span></a> and <a href="https://www.usa.gov/es/"><span>USAGov en Español</span></a> based on human-centered design (HCD) principles. Last year, we shared posts highlighting how we used those principles to shift our approaches to <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/a-new-approach-to-content-for-usagovs-beta-sites"><span>content development</span></a>, <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/5-changes-the-ux-team-made-for-beta"><span>user experience</span></a>, and <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/measuring-beta-are-we-on-the-right-track"><span>analytics</span></a>.</p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> May 14, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/one-year-with-the-new-usagov" title="One year with the new USAGov" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/design-and-development">Design and Development</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/performance-and-analytics">Performance and Analytics</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-usagov-uses-data-to-improve-content" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20-%20Blog-USAGOVData%20%2803.25.24%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="The title "How USAGov uses data to improve content" next to data visualizations, surveys, and compared pages from usa.gov. "> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-usagov-uses-data-to-improve-content">How USAGov uses data to improve content</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size: 17px;">Each month USAGov’s content designers spend many hours ensuring that the content on <a href="https://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> and </span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/es/">USAGov en Español</a> is up-to-date, accurate, and meeting user needs. We do holistic reviews of each topic section based on a rolling calendar with the goal of updating all content at least every 6 months</span>. </p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> March 26, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-usagov-uses-data-to-improve-content" title="How USAGov uses data to improve content" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/speaking-your-language-usagov-outreachs-approach-to-bilingual-content" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Multilingual%20Blog%20%2810.31.23%29Cover.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="Person on smiling looking at phone. 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The site was created as a counterpart to <a href="https://www.usa.gov/"><span><span style="color: #3574e3;">USA.gov</span></span></a> (then known as FirstGov.gov) and in response to <span style="color: #3574e3;"><a href="https://www.lep.gov/executive-order-13166" style="color: #3574e3;">Executive Order 13166</a></span>to improve access to services for people with limited English proficiency (LEP).</p> <div id="hubspot-author_data" class="hubspot-editable" data-hubspot-form-id="author_data" data-hubspot-name="Blog Author"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> October 31, 2023 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/speaking-your-language-usagov-outreachs-approach-to-bilingual-content" title="Speaking your language: USAGov outreach’s approach to bilingual content" role="link">Read More <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <p id="hubspot-topic_data"> Topics: <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/marketing">Marketing</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/content">Content</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/multilingual">Multilingual</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/celebrating-20-years-of-usagov-en-español" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%2020th%20An%20Blog%20%2810.2.23%29Cover-1.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="USAGov en Español logo. 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