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Advanced Section 508 compliance testing: moving beyond automated testing and screen readers

August 21, 2023

Two members of our team recently went through Trusted Tester training. Trusted Tester was recommended to us by our Section 508 coordinator as a way to increase our manual accessibility testing skills. In this blog, we share our experience with the training and applying the Trusted Tester process.

My journey as an intern: making an impact at ONRR

July 28, 2023

Our outgoing data intern reflects on 3 years as an ONRR intern and his growing public service career.

A UX study on pricing filters with UX intern reflections

June 23, 2023

This post summarizes our first post redesign UX study. Our UX intern also reflects on her participation in the process.

Planning and implementing a search engine for a redesigned federal government website

May 26, 2023

In this blog, we walk you through our planning and implementation process for Search.gov. We share lessons learned, as well as resources we found useful.

Modernizing a federal government website with user-centered design

March 30, 2023

In this blog post, we break down our process for redesigning a federal government website (onrr.gov) into six detailed sections. This blog serves as a helpful guide for other agencies looking to do a major website redesign.