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August 8, 2024
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U.S. Digital Response Announces Julie Dingley as Chief Operating Officer

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Nevada Governor's Office of Federal Assistance
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July 24, 2024
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Transforming Federal Grant Coordination in Nevada with USDR's Federal Grant Finder

Nevada's Office of Federal Assistance uses USDR's Federal Grant Finder to foster grant collaboration across sectors. The initiative boosts federal funding and breaks down siloes.

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May 23, 2023
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People powered: How 1,000 volunteers showed up to help governments at all levels

Three years and 1,000 volunteers deployed, Kristen Eberlin, U.S. Digital Response’s Volunteers Team Lead, reflects on what it means to harness the power of people wanting to help.

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July 30, 2021
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What Vaccine Appointment Data Tells Us: Three Major Takeaways from COVID-19

After a year of anticipation, we were witness to a highly complex and decentralized COVID-19 vaccination launch that left many frustrated but, eventually, vaccinated.

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July 20, 2021
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How My Unemployment Experience Fueled A Desire to Help Modernize the Unemployment Insurance Process

As Alyssa Levitz leaves her Technologist in Residence position at U.S. Digital Response, she reflects upon what drove her to volunteer in the first place — and where the journey took her.

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July 14, 2021
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USDR Resource: Our Gitbook on Unemployment Insurance Modernization

USDR’s unemployment insurance team has been hard at work over the past year supporting 10 states with their benefits systems, using design, plain language, communications strategy, software development, and more to get benefits to eligible claimants faster, and make agency employees’ jobs easier.

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June 18, 2021
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USDR’s Suggestions for Funding Unemployment Insurance Modernization

At U.S. Digital Response, we have partnered with workforce development agencies in nine states — and counting — to help them improve their Unemployment Insurance (“UI”) websites, benefits portals, and processes to better serve their constituents.

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June 1, 2021
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How to incorporate equity into your health communications efforts

USDR’s partners share a goal of establishing COVID-19 vaccinations as a social norm that is both acceptable and regarded as collectively beneficial. Examining their communications through an equity lens is essential to meeting this goal.

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May 26, 2021
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How one moment led to a passion for public service

I have been volunteering with U.S. Digital Response because I am passionate about helping make government services as accessible, human, and efficient as possible — both for those seeking help as well as for the public servants and partners who deliver these services.

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May 7, 2021
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Digital First Response: How to Make Technology Work During the Next Crisis

On May 5, U.S. Digital Response brought together a virtual panel of some of the best in government and technology to reflect on what’s happened over the last year, how we’ve supported communities in need, what we’ve learned, and what digital response efforts will look like in future crises.

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May 7, 2021
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Celebrating USDR’s Stretch-Clap Partner Award Winners

After the year we’ve all had, we think it’s important to acknowledge the pain, pressure and loss felt by our communities — and to also make time for a brief pause to celebrate all those who spent this year in service of their communities, doing hard and intensely important work to meet those critical needs.

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April 27, 2021
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Working in the Open: One Year Retrospective from USDR and CDS

Over the past year, U.S. Digital Response (USDR) and Colorado Digital Service (CDS) tried something new. Less than a year into both forming, we decided to experiment with ways that a government digital services team and an organization offering pro bono technical expertise could partner to get things done in a moment of global crisis.

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