Hi from USDR at the 2026 Code for America Summit
Where to find team USDR at the Code for America Summit
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Where to find team USDR at the Code for America Summit


By Ginger Zielinskie (Center for Civic Futures & Yale SCALE Lab), Sarah Esty (Aspen Institute Financial Security Program), Eric Giannella (Georgetown University Better Government Lab), Anthony Lollo (Yale SCALE Lab), Maria Reyes-Gaskin (U.S. Digital Response)




U.S. Digital Response (USDR) is launching a call for government partners to participate in a research project about discovering, applying for, and reporting on federal grants.


This week marks Sunita’s last week of residency at U.S. Digital Response (USDR), where she has made a significant mark as a champion for user research. Embedded in our Digital Delivery team, Sunita’s empathy and passion for ensuring user’s voices are heard has helped inform a significant portion of USDR’s work. Below, Sunita has offered some words of wisdom for those in the public sector looking to compensate research participants.


Aditya shared his thoughts about open-source, language access, the importance of making grants accessible for small and medium jurisdictions, and how volunteering helped him find love in what he does.


Our third annual In Review highlights the ways our partners grew their abilities to serve their communities and how our volunteers continue to deploy solutions at scale.


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Our third annual In Review highlights the ways our partners grew their abilities to serve their communities and how our volunteers continue to deploy solutions at scale.


USDR worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry to conduct user research and produce wireframes that will inform a redesign of their unemployment fraud reporting tool.


A casual chat with Eve Bills Lacivita, a volunteer with U.S. Digital Response
In 2022, USDR’s way of celebrating in the virtual world — the “stretch clap” — took on an even bigger meaning. To all our partners we saw “stretch” this year, this one’s for you!