Mobile

Resources on Mobile

An Introduction to USWDS 2.0 —A design system for the federal government.
Eight Principles of Mobile-Friendliness —Following these principles will help you make your site more usable and user-friendly.
How to track performance —A step-by-step guide to picking metrics and tools for tracking performance on your siteundefined
Mobile Development Strategies —The following is a list of the most common mobile development strategies.
A Guide to Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites —Five tactics for improving the performance of your website
Connected Government Act —As of July of 2018, all new and redesigned agency websites are required to be mobile friendly.
Mobile User Experience Guidelines —Six user experience guidelines for creating a mobile product.
Mobile SOW and Developer Qualifications —Structuring a Statement of Work (SOW) for the development or modification of mobile products should be similar to any SOW your government …
Mobile Application Development Program —Helping agencies plan, develop, test and launch anytime, anywhere, any device mobile products and services for the public. Plan—Build …

Tools and Services

Federal Crowdsource Mobile Testing Program —Compatibility testing service that agencies can use to test the mobile-friendliness of their websites.
U.S. Digital Registry —An inventory of official government social media accounts, mobile websites and apps, as reported and authenticated by federal managers.
U.S. Web Design System —A toolkit of principles, guidance, and code that helps agency digital teams build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the …

Join a Community of Practice

MobileGov —Working to implement solutions for making mobile technologies better in government

News and Events on Mobile

519 posts

DevOps

Air Force COOL and 18F: Partnership and Flight Operations Software Agile Lessons Learned

Highlights from the Air Force Materiel Command & 18F partnership and the importance of organizational structure, roles of the core team, and user outreach for military and government DevOps.

Major Taylor M. Wilson

Jun 23, 2020

Federal Crowdsourcing

Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 11: Mobile Testing Program Makes Content More Accessible

Agencies optimize mobile experiences with help from federal testers.

David Fern

Tammy White

Jun 09, 2020

Video

Making a Mobile-Friendly Website Using the ADAPT Model

Learn how to improve the user experience of your website by following the ADAPT Model to enhance the performance of your content on cellular networks or mobile devices.

David Fern

Feb 25, 2020

Mobile

Building Trust with Users Through Open Communication and Feedback

A look at how FEMA responds to user needs and bugs in their app development.

R. ‘Fitz’ Fitzhenry

Jun 13, 2019

Introducing USWDS 2.0

Reinvent the experience, not the wheel

Dan Williams

Maya Benari

Apr 08, 2019

Using Augmented Reality to Teach Kids about Currency

The U.S. Currency Education Program used research, prototyping, and user-feedback to develop a mobile app to teach young students about money.

Ayjah Thomas

Mar 05, 2019

Deep Dive: How a Health Tech Sprint Pioneered an AI Ecosystem

Seven teams created digital tools that help in finding experimental therapies for patients, and for clinical trials to recruit new patients.

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Davar Ardalan

Kristen Honey, PhD

Feb 27, 2019

Why Your Team Needs Its Own Style Guide and Where to Start

Learn how creating your own style guide can help facilitate development for agency websites. Review best practices, lessons learned, and examples from the U.S. Web Design System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Meghan Lazier

Feb 13, 2018