U.S. Digital Response Announces Julie Dingley as Chief Operating Officer
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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.
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.
Kammi Foote administered elections for 14 years and served as the Clerk Recorder & Registrar of Voters for Inyo County, Calif., for 10 years.
“Does anyone know of any opportunities to contribute UX research skills to good causes?” read an email from a fellow user experience (UX) researcher. I was curious about what responses he’d get because I was also interested in volunteering.
Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry engaged USDR's Unemployment Insurance team to better understand the claimant user experience and improve its designs.
As of April 1, 55 million people in the U.S. have received their full COVID-19 vaccinations. By mid-April, 90% of remaining adults will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
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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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.
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.