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One person is typing, one person is pointing at the screen and one person looks on" class="site-c-card__image"/> <div class="site-c-card__body"> <span class="site-c-flag">Aug 20, 2024</span> <h3 class="site-c-card__title">User Research and the Paperwork Reduction Act</h3> <div class="usa-prose margin-top-2"> <p>User research is at the heart of transforming customer experience. The best way to ensure services are effective, efficient, easy to use, fair, and safe is to include the people they are intended for when building it.</p> <p class="site-c-card__affordance" aria-hidden="true">Read full post</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="/news-and-blog/10-years-of-usds" > <img src="/news-and-blog/2024-08-13-10-years-of-usds/10-years-of-usds.jpg" alt="Blue backgound with the U.S. Digital Service logo: gold wings with a blue shield, 3 stars and 2 strips. Large X is behind logo and reads 2014-2024 underneath" class="site-c-card__image"/> <div class="site-c-card__body"> <span class="site-c-flag">Aug 13, 2024</span> <h3 class="site-c-card__title">10 years of the U.S. Digital Service: Transforming government for the digital age</h3> <div class="usa-prose margin-top-2"> <p>The accomplishments of USDS over the past decade demonstrate that the government can and should meet the highest standards of digital excellence.</p> <p class="site-c-card__affordance" aria-hidden="true">Read full post</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="/news-and-blog/a-call-to-service-for-talent-in-the-federal-government" > <img src="/news-and-blog/2024-01-29-a-call-to-service-for-talent-in-the-federal-government-img/blog-card-AI.jpg" alt="Blue neon lights in the shape of AI are repeated on a yellow background" class="site-c-card__image"/> <div 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