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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/how-our-developers-and-accessibility-specialists-work-together" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog-HDASW_%2809.16.24%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="A developer and accessibility specialist talk at an office table next to the text "How our developers and accessibility specialists work together" "> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-our-developers-and-accessibility-specialists-work-together">How our developers and accessibility specialists work together</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5;">Ensuring <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> are accessible to people with disabilities is one of our top priorities. And planning for accessibility begins before we create a single piece of code. Learn how developers from our Web Operations team and specialists from our Accessibility team work closely to create an inclusive digital experience.</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> September 17, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-our-developers-and-accessibility-specialists-work-together" title="How our developers and accessibility specialists work together" 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/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/multilingual">Multilingual</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/developing-an-easier-way-to-recruit-user-research-participants" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog%20User%20research%20recruitment%20page%20%2808.01.24%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="The title "Developing an easier way to recruit user research participants" next to a matrix on a dark blue background showing different participants representing different demographics."> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/developing-an-easier-way-to-recruit-user-research-participants">Developing an easier way to recruit user research participants</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5;">It can be challenging for federal programs to recruit people to participate in user research. They need to follow the privacy and security regulations and paperwork reduction laws designed to protect the public, but that adds time and complexity to the process. And it can lead to teams doing less user research with the people their websites serve.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #1b151b;">To create a solution to this challenge, </span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/about">USAGov</a><span style="color: #1b151b;"> and the </span><a href="https://10x.gsa.gov/">10x program</a><span style="color: #1b151b;">, both part of GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS), partnered to develop a user research recruitment page at </span><a href="https://usa.gov/user-research">usa.gov/user-research</a><span style="color: #1b151b;">.</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 06, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/developing-an-easier-way-to-recruit-user-research-participants" title="Developing an easier way to recruit user research participants" 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/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/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/designing-for-people-with-disabilities" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Assistive%20Tech%20Study.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/designing-for-people-with-disabilities">Designing for people with disabilities</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #000000;">The </span><a href="https://handbook.tts.gsa.gov/office-of-solutions/public-experience-portfolio/">Public Experience Portfolio</a>'s<span style="color: #000000;"> User Experience (UX) team consistently conducts research to evaluate various aspects of the program. We generally try to recruit a broad audience but also use a prequalification process to ensure diversity. Despite these efforts, we found we weren’t reaching the disability community as thoroughly as we would like. We decided to conduct a dedicated study with individuals who use assistive technology to access </span><a href="https://usa.gov/">USA.gov</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> July 16, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/designing-for-people-with-disabilities" title="Designing for people with disabilities" 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/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/usagov">USAGov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/making-vote.gov-accessible-to-all-voters" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog%20Cover%20VoteAccessibility.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="A man wearing a beanie hat in a wheelchair puts a ballot in a voting box labeled "VOTE" with an American flag next to the title text "Making vote.gov accessible to all voters" with a gradient dark blue background."> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/making-vote.gov-accessible-to-all-voters">Making vote.gov accessible to all voters</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.ada.gov/resources/protecting-voter-rights/">Federal laws protect voting rights for people with disabilities</a><span style="color: #000000;">, but many people with disabilities experience barriers to voting, leading to lower voting rates. </span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">After the November 2022 midterm elections, the <a href="https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/us-election-assistance-commission-study-disability-and-voting-accessibility-2022">Election Assistance Commission (EAC) estimated</a> that if voters with disabilities had voted at the same rates as voters without disabilities, there would be around 2 million more votes cast. The EAC also found that people with disabilities voted at a 3.6 percent lower rate than people without disabilities, though that number narrowed to 1.5 percent after being adjusted with updated Census data. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">Accessibility matters both in person and online. As an official government source of voting information, </span><a href="https://vote.gov/">vote.gov</a><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"> helps voters with disabilities know that their voting rights are protected by law. And it makes them aware of accommodations available to help them register and vote.</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> June 25, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/making-vote.gov-accessible-to-all-voters" title="Making vote.gov accessible to all voters" 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/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</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/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/how-search.gov-helped-agency-websites-improve-peoples-search-experience-in-2023" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog%20CoverSearch%20year%20in%20review%202024%20report.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt="The title "How Search.gov helped agency websites improve people's search experience" next to a woman smiling at her computer logged into Search.gov."> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-search.gov-helped-agency-websites-improve-peoples-search-experience-in-2023">How Search.gov helped agency websites improve people’s search experience in 2023</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p>Search.gov connects the public with easy access to the government information and services they need, creating a unified search experience across over one-third of federal domains. Our program’s core mission and goals are the same every year, but how did the way people interact with government search change in 2023? </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 14, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/how-search.gov-helped-agency-websites-improve-peoples-search-experience-in-2023" title="How Search.gov helped agency websites improve people’s search experience in 2023" 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/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</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/search-gov">Search.gov</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-item"> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.usa.gov/getting-the-word-out-about-voter-registration-vote.govs-first-social-media-takeover-with-usagov" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog%20Cover%20NVRD%20%2801.29.24%29.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/getting-the-word-out-about-voter-registration-vote.govs-first-social-media-takeover-with-usagov">Getting the word out about voter registration: Vote.gov’s first social media takeover with USAGov</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Last fall, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.vote.gov/">vote.gov</a><span style="color: #000000;"> and the </span></span><a href="https://www.usa.gov/about" style="font-size: 12px;"><span><span style="font-size: 16px;">USAGov program</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"> partnered on our first “social media takeover” for a day-long campaign encouraging people to register to vote. As key players connecting people to official government information and services, we rooted this effort in our mutual messaging and goals to help guide the public.</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> February 06, 2024 <span class="cs_more-link"><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/getting-the-word-out-about-voter-registration-vote.govs-first-social-media-takeover-with-usagov" title="Getting the word out about voter registration: Vote.gov’s first social media takeover with 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/user-experience-and-accessibility">User Experience and Accessibility</a>, <a class="topic-link" href="https://blog.usa.gov/topic/usagov">USAGov</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/designing-with-empathy" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.usa.gov/hubfs/FY24%20Blog%20Cover_Designing_With_Empathy_%2801.12.24%29-1.png" class="hs-featured-image" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="https://blog.usa.gov/designing-with-empathy">Designing with empathy</a></h2> </div> <div class="post-body clearfix"> <p>Empathy was one of the guiding principles we used when we created the <a href="https://www.usa.gov/benefit-finder"><span>new version of USAGov’s benefit finder</span></a>. 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