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May 22, 2026
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What state leaders heard about reducing SNAP payment error rates

State program leaders, county administrators, and civic tech partners joined U.S. Digital Response for a webinar on an urgent challenge: how do states actually reduce SNAP payment error rates before the clock runs out?

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May 21, 2026
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Hiring for UX Roles and Building Agency UX Practices

Learn how government agencies can hire UX talent and build strong user-centered design practices. Explore practical strategies for growing UX capacity, improving workflows, and delivering better public services.

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May 14, 2026
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Election experts look toward 2026 with urgency, caution and signs of progress

Election officials are heading into the 2026 cycle facing familiar pressures in new combinations: rapid legal and technological change, persistent distrust, workforce turnover, evolving security threats and a communications environment in which false claims and public confusion can spread faster than offices can respond.

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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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October 31, 2022
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Civic tech grant looks to correct language barriers in UI claims

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October 29, 2022
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How User Research Can Help Improve Your Agency’s Benefits Implementation, Service Delivery Workflows, and Procurement

U.S. Digital Response (USDR) is launching a call for partners for our user research focus area. Check out our lessons learned from working with governments across the country and find out what user research, and USDR, can do for your agency.

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October 27, 2022
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Schmidt Futures Announces U.S. Digital Response as Grantee of Expanded Benefits Access Initiative to Modernize the Social Safety Net

U.S. Digital Response joins twelve innovative teams to the Social Safety Net Product Studio grant to accelerate innovation and open access to over $100 million in safety net benefits for low-income families across the country

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October 17, 2022
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“It Really Is All About People”

On UX Research and Volunteering with Anna Hoffman

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August 30, 2022
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A New Chapter in Responding to the Critical Needs of the Public: Announcing USDR’s CEO Search

By Janette Fong, Board Member and Founding Team Member at U.S. Digital Response

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August 30, 2022
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U.S. Digital Response Announces Search for Next CEO, New Board Appointment

USDR interim CEO, Jessica Cole, prepares to step down in December as part of planned transition; Jennifer Pahlka will join its board of directors

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Neighborhood Preservation, Inc.
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August 30, 2022
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Helping Tenants Avoid Evictions Through Improved Communications

How one community organization leveraged automated systems and human centered design to get accurate and timely information to tenants facing eviction.

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August 19, 2022
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Broadband and digital equity: the needs and lessons from across the U.S.

As U.S. Digital Response launches our newest program focus area, Broadband and Digital Equity, we wanted to share lessons from the field for governments looking to close the digital divide

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