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September 11, 2026
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Inside South Bend, Indiana’s journey creating a digital service team

The city’s digital service division used early successes to build a solid reputation in government, which has helped the team accrue long-term support for bigger projects, one official says.

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September 9, 2026
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U.S. Digital Response’s roadmap for better government digital services

Keith Wilson, a talent engagement manager at U.S. Digital Response, discusses our new Digital Service Toolkit and the evolution of digital service teams in state and local government.

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Shelby County Election Commission, Tennessee
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August 28, 2026
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Shelby County, TN modernizes election day support with HelpLine

Shelby County's election office replaces chalkboards and sticky notes with USDR's HelpLine Election Incident Manager, giving staff a searchable record of every call that comes in on election day.

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February 6, 2023
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Navigating the sticky web of research compensation

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.

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February 1, 2023
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Coding and Volunteering as a Love Language

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.

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January 17, 2023
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A Year in Review: How Communities Responded at the Speed of Need in 2022

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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January 17, 2023
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OPM pitches federal IT as new career path for workers hit by big tech layoffs

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January 13, 2023
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A Year in Review: How Communities Responded at the Speed of Need in 2022

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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Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
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January 13, 2023
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Improving Unemployment Fraud Reporting with User Research

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.

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January 4, 2023
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Finding more purpose in 2023: a conversation about volunteering

A casual chat with Eve Bills Lacivita, a volunteer with U.S. Digital Response

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December 22, 2022
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Demos not memos: A look back at 2022

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!

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December 16, 2022
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Making a Better and More Equitable Digital Technology by Volunteering

In conversation with Grace Zec

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