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836            <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content text-red-50"><a href="/blog/2025/01/enhancing-the-publics-experience-with-government-in-2024" hreflang="en">Enhancing the public’s experience with government in 2024</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-featured-image"><div class="field-content"><div>
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842                  <div class="field__item">  <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.usa.gov/s3/files/styles/cke_media_resize_large/public/2025-07/Enhancing+the+publics+experience+with+government+in+2024+DRAFT+1-13.png?itok=8H4FsBEa" width="800" height="457" alt="The title &quot;Enhancing the public’s experience with government in 2024&quot; faded from white into a sparkler celebrating the new year">
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849</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p>The Public Experience (PX) Portfolio was busy this past year developing better ways to serve agency partners and connect people with their government.&nbsp;</p>
850<p>We asked our teams to share the work they were most proud of in 2024:</p>
851<p></p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><span>📅 January 15, 2025</span></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-view-node"><span class="field-content"><a class="usa-button usa-button--secondary" href="/blog/2025/01/enhancing-the-publics-experience-with-government-in-2024">Read More<span class="usa-sr-only"> about Enhancing the public’s experience with government in 2024</span></a></span></div></div>
852    <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content text-red-50"><a href="/blog/2024/11/five-quick-tips-for-sharing-information-during-an-emergency-2" hreflang="en">Five quick tips for sharing information during an emergency</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-featured-image"><div class="field-content"><div>
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865During times of national emergency, <a href="https://www.usa.gov/about"><span>USAGov</span></a> serves as the official channel of disaster communications for the federal government. To help people across the country prepare for and recover from disasters, we use different tactics across our channels.</p>
866<p>These tips can help your organization deliver timely information to your audience during a disaster.</p>
867<p></p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><span>📅 November 13, 2024</span></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-view-node"><span class="field-content"><a class="usa-button usa-button--secondary" href="/blog/2024/11/five-quick-tips-for-sharing-information-during-an-emergency-2">Read More<span class="usa-sr-only"> about Five quick tips for sharing information during an emergency</span></a></span></div></div>
868    <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content text-red-50"><a href="/blog/2024/10/building-a-tool-to-make-mail-in-voter-registration-more-accessible" hreflang="en">Building a tool to make mail-in voter registration more accessible</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-featured-image"><div class="field-content"><div>
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881</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p>At vote.gov, our mission is to make it easy for all eligible voters to understand how to register and vote. That’s why we’ve partnered with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to create a tool that helps people more easily fill out the National Mail Voter Registration Form.&nbsp;</p>
882<p></p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><span>📅 October 22, 2024</span></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-view-node"><span class="field-content"><a class="usa-button usa-button--secondary" href="/blog/2024/10/building-a-tool-to-make-mail-in-voter-registration-more-accessible">Read More<span class="usa-sr-only"> about Building a tool to make mail-in voter registration more accessible</span></a></span></div></div>
883    <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content text-red-50"><a href="/blog/2024/10/creating-the-new-benefits-experience-on-usa-gov-and-usagov-en-espanol" hreflang="en">Creating the new benefits experience on USA.gov and USAGov en Español</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-featured-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p>
884  We’re celebrating the release of our new benefits experience on
885  <a href="https://www.usa.gov/benefit-finder">USA.gov</a>
886  and
887  <a href="https://www.usa.gov/es/buscador-beneficios">USAGov en Español</a>. It features a redesigned benefit finder tool, offering a more streamlined way to find government benefits for healthcare, housing, food, unemployment, and more.
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902USAGov en Español</span></a> are accessible to people with disabilities is one of our top priorities. And planning for accessibility begins before we create a single piece of code. Learn how developers from our Web Operations team and specialists from our Accessibility team work closely to create an inclusive digital experience.</p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><span>📅 September 17, 2024</span></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-view-node"><span class="field-content"><a class="usa-button usa-button--secondary" href="/blog/2024/09/how-our-developers-and-accessibility-specialists-work-together">Read More<span class="usa-sr-only"> about How our developers and accessibility specialists work together</span></a></span></div></div>
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