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…

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! Congrats on deciding to use your experience to improve how governments around the country serve people’s day-to-day needs, now…

Three years and 1,000 volunteers deployed, Kristen Eberlin, U.S. Digital Response’s Volunteers Team Lead, reflects on what it means to harness the power of people wanting to help. By: Kristen Eberlin At the dawn of the pandemic, everything aptly felt like an early morning alarm clock dragging us out of…

USDR will be presenting and socializing at the 2023 Code for America Summit — be sure to stop by and say hi! It’s a big week for the public interest technology sector — the Code for America Summit is upon us! …

Co-authored by: USDR volunteers, Sunita Ram, Christine Brydges, and Claire Crinion LGBTQ+ people often experience discrimination and exclusion while using public services. The Boston City Council set out to change this by passing an ordinance in 2020 to ensure gender inclusivity in all City-issued forms, documents, and certificates. As a…

Advice on how to transition your career from the private tech sector to government By: Rebecca Heywood, Governments Team Lead at USDR With a lot of career uncertainty in the private tech sector right now, many people are considering joining government teams. If you’re one of these people — or…