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Here’s the full list of all USWDS product updates, articles, case studies, and more.
news
Big changes are coming to the U.S. Web Design System in a Web Components-based generation. Ideal for small teams with limited development resources, this next generation of the design system promises to be a practical, usable, powerful tool for designers and developers to do their work.
news
This National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we’re talking about how members of the design community go beyond visual design to create more inclusive user experiences. What steps are you taking to ensure that your website design is accessible to all?
product updates
USWDS version 3.9.0 is out now! Here are some highlights:
product updates
It's been over five years since we launched USWDS 2.0 and moved on from USWDS v1. We archived the USWDS v1 documentation site a few years back, and at the end of 2024 we'll be taking it offline. Content will likely still be available via archive.org.
updates
USWDS 3.0 is an important major design system update that's easy to apply to an existing USWDS 2 project. USWDS 3.0 allows teams to update their projects to modern Sass syntax, improve performance, and reduce the size of project CSS.
updates
Learn how the Accelerator team collaborated with other digital teams and end-users across the federal government to bring new and updated components to the USWDS community in Release 2.10.
updates
Today we’re releasing a new and exciting report and strategy that outlines what’s next for the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) and our community.
updates
USWDS Release 2.10 brings new components and updates as a result of our research into recent federal agency emergency response.
updates
In this digital age, it’s simpler than ever to share the #GovLove virtually on Valentine’s Day, and the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is here to help you do just that.
updates
We improved the security banner that's featured on many government websites and we encourage teams to update to this new security language as soon as possible.
updates
Today, we’re launching U.S. Web Design System 2.0 (USWDS 2.0), a new foundation for the future of our design system. This new version was designed to make it easier for any project to integrate USWDS and use it to support both your mission and the needs of your audience.
case study
In this 12th post in our series, we sat down with Jason Garber, front-end web developer at the U.S. Digital Service’s Defense Digital Service, to talk about his work creating a Ruby gem that integrates USWDS into a Ruby on Rails application.
case study
For our 11th post in the series, we talked with Scott Weber, front-end developer, who worked on America’s Seed Fund site for the National Science Foundation (NSF). The site was created for people who want to get federal grant funding for their science or technology projects.
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The U.S. Web Design System (formerly Standards) is currently being used on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 100 million monthly users. In this 10th post in our series, we met with Kyle Jennings, creator of the Benjamin WordPress theme (and Franklin plug-in) (both of which are available on GitHub) using the System.
updates
After listening to a lot of thoughtful feedback and discussion from a wide range of voices in the government web community, we’ve decided to change our name to the U.S. Web Design System.
updates
2017 was a big year for the U.S. Web Design Standards. Here’s a look at where we’re headed in 2018.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently being used on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 59 million monthly users. In this ninth post in our series, we met with the team at USA.gov to talk about their use of the Standards. USA.gov, and its Spanish counterpart GobiernoUSA.gov, are the official guides for government information.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently being used on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 59 million monthly users. In this eighth post in our series, we met with Jennifer Thibault, visual designer and innovation specialist, to talk about the Federal Election Commission (FEC)’s use of the Standards on fec.gov.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently being used on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 59 million monthly users. In this seventh post in our series, we sat down with Maureen Earley, program management specialist with the Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES), an office within the General Services Administration, to talk about her team’s use of the Standards on oes.gsa.gov. The OES brings diverse scientific experts onto their team for year-long rotations, where they work with federal agencies to implement and rigorously test changes made to government programs to evaluate whether or not they increase the ability of agencies to achieve their missions with greater success and efficiency.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards team continues to sit down with various agencies who are using the Standards. In this sixth post in our series, we talked to Olivier Kamanda, project manager for code.gov to learn how that team adopted the Standards. Code.gov is a new platform designed to be the home for federal source code–a platform for improving the quality of government software. It launched in November 2016.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently being used on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 59 million monthly users. In this fifth post in our series, we met with the team at Vets.gov to talk about their use of the Standards.
case study
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards team continues to sit down with various agencies who are using the Standards. In this third post in our series, we met with the team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and learned how they used the Standards to refresh USDA.gov.
engineering
We've added two powerful, new tools to our development workflow.
case study
As mentioned in our recent Q&A with the team at NASA, the U.S. Web Design Standards team is sitting down with various agencies that are using the Standards. In this second post in our series, we met with the team at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and learned how they used the Standards to train, develop, and design their various websites and applications.
updates
Every quarter the team takes a look at how many users have been exposed to the U.S. Web Design Standards across the federal government. We do this by pulling a subset of information that's collected as part of the Data Analytics Platform.
updates
The team recently worked on the design assets to ensure that the latest components are present in the provided sticker sheets. These sticker sheets are meant to provide design teams with the assets they need to create wireframes or high-fidelity compositions quickly and effectively. The biggest change is the team's decision to retire the Omnigraffle sticker sheet.
case study
The U.S. Web Design Standards are currently implemented on hundreds of government sites, with an audience of more than 26 million monthly users, and they’ve been recommended by the Office of Management and Budget for all government agencies. We chatted with Brandon Ruffridge, Senior Software Developer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, to talk about his team’s use of the U.S. Web Design Standards.
updates
With the recent launch of U.S. Web Design Standards 1.0, it's time for the team to take a look at the road ahead and determine what areas of the Standards they should focus on. To accomplish this, the team meet for a collaborative research and design workshop where ideas were proposed then mapped based on the ideas importance and feasibility.
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