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As part of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience, government agencies are required to modernize their websites using the U.S. Web Design System (#USWDS) to improve the public’s customer experience.

The U.S. Web Design System's been around for six years. As USWDS grows beyond 2.0, there's an opportunity to make subsequent versions even easier to integrate and upgrade. Drupal powers much of the government web, and this session will be an opportunity to discuss the potential, pain, and possibility of using USWDS with Drupal projects - particularly as both your projects and the design system mature.

It’s important that content meets accessibility standards, however many people don't know what guidelines to follow. A few simple tips will help anyone writing content meet accessibility standards (WCAG) and ensure content is accessible for everyone.

Why a mutual basic understanding of accessibility is vital to project success, and how you can have fun with it with your clients.

Small things count - Create accessibility compliant digital content by distributing roles & responsibilities across cross functional teams.

While accessibility is a “top priority”, it's clear the entire web industry has been thinking about it in a way that has failed all of us.

AAA compliance is the ultimate achievement, but is rarely ever actually necessary. Hear our lessons learned from our latest AAA project.

We often hear that we should make the sites we build and maintain accessible and that there are tools to help us achieve our goals. But what do these tools do and how much do they help before we have to intervene and do more manual work?

W3C lists 140 tools for testing accessibility. Janna Malikova covers some of these tools outlining the pros and cons for testing your website.

What if you never had to fill out paperwork again? In Estonia, this is a reality: citizens conduct nearly all public services online, from starting a business to voting from their laptops, thanks to the nation's ambitious post-Soviet digital transformation known as "e-Estonia." One of the program's experts, Anna Piperal, explains the key design principles that power the country's "e-government" -- and shows why the rest of the world should follow suit to eradicate outdated bureaucracy and regain citizens' trust.