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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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April 1, 2021
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Reflecting on A Year of Helping States Get Unemployment Insurance to People in Need

One year ago, an unprecedented wave of layoffs and furloughs left millions of Americans unemployed as the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the U.S. Since then, approximately 40 million people have received unemployment insurance benefits, and many more have applied.

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March 23, 2021
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Wisconsin Turns to Federal Help for UI Infrastructure Modernization

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March 18, 2021
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Public service as a service: how tech volunteers foster digital government in NYC

We started with a hypothesis. During the COVID-19 crisis in New York City in the spring of 2020, we had seen how fast skilled technologists could help spin up digital solutions.

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March 18, 2021
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Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers

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March 17, 2021
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Marking one year of U.S. Digital Response

On March 16, 2020, exactly one year ago, U.S. Digital Response (USDR) began with a simple Slack conversation, a handful of government contacts, and a few people offering help to frontline teams responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 11, 2021
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U.S. unemployment system fell short in early days of the pandemic. It could buckle again

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March 9, 2021
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Vaccine-Appointment Sites Rush to Fix Glitches, Expand Capacity as Rollout Gathers Steam

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March 2, 2021
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Understanding How Essential Workers Navigate Vaccine Information Online

In nearly three months, as of March 1, nearly 77 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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February 12, 2021
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How public-interest technologists can build government that works for everyone

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