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A series of guides to help you understand and practice human-centered design.

A series of guides to help you understand and practice writing, designing, and testing plain language.

A series of guides to help you conduct research, make good design decisions, and collaborate well.

Eight principles of mobile-friendliness to help you improve your sites.

A ‘quick-start’ guide for embedding accessibility and barrier-free digital design practices into your website team’s workflow.

The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) is a law governing how federal agencies collect information from the public.

A resource for government managers to effectively evaluate and build better services through public participation

Configure bots to automate repetitive tasks so users can focus on higher-value work. This approach, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), delivers immediate impact at a low cost.

This guide provides actionable strategies for effectively using web analytics to improve federal websites and digital services.

The Digital Analytics Program (DAP) offers advanced, easy web analytics for federal agencies.

Learn about Search.gov — a configurable search engine built by the government, for the government, with the government. 

This program is available to automatically generate data about the health and best practices of federal websites.