A four-part series exploring the low-code/no-code tools U.S. Digital Response uses everyday — By: Alex Allain, CTO and Co-Founder at USDR As U.S. Digital Response (USDR) celebrates our two year anniversary, we’re pulling back the curtain and showcasing some of the techniques we use to scale USDR and help our partners serve their communities. First up: a series on how USDR has used…

Americans were a year into the COVID-19 pandemic when welcome relief came with the passing of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March 2021. The act ushered in an astounding $350 billion of funds that would be pumped into local, state, tribal, and territorial governments. After months of racing…

USDR emerged from a surge of our partners’ health-related needs in March 2020. In September 2020, USDR recognized that we had an opportunity to make our individual engagements reusable in order to help communities with their COVID-19 response at scale. Health officials and community leaders needed accurate and timely resources…

By: Jan Overgoor & Diana Wang — After a year of anticipation, we were witness to a highly complex and decentralized COVID-19 vaccination launch that left many frustrated but, eventually, vaccinated. Driven by a large-scale community effort, 162 million residents have secured vaccine appointments and became fully vaccinated, as of July 2021. As the Delta variant drives…

U.S. Digital Response (USDR) is thrilled to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) this year. USDR will be stationed at booth PI-6 in the Public Interest Tech Pavillion in the Expo Hall. …

By: USDR Grants Team Grants to US communities have increased 93 percent from 2008–2020, with the Federal government investing billions each year in infrastructure, healthcare, and education projects directly in local communities. Trillions more dollars in grant opportunities have also been made available through the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and…

USDR’s Governments Team Lead gives advice on how to transition your career from the private tech sector to government By: Rebecca Heywood We’ve spent the last few posts exploring what you should consider if you’re exploring a career transition into government and covering what you need to know about how…

Shared lessons on modernizing hiring for tech talent by: Angie Quirarte (Federal Partnerships Director, Tech Talent Project), Michelle Kwansy (Research and Design Strategy, Bloom Works), Rebecca Heywood (Government Team Lead, U.S. Digital Response), Alex Lawrence (Chief People Officer, City of Boston) “The public sector workforce will shift our national conversation…

USDR’s Governments Team Lead gives advice on how to transition your career from the private tech sector to government. By: Rebecca Heywood So you’ve decided you’d like to transition into government! …