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Deep dive into the Digital Service Standard 2.0 and practical tips for application

Ripple 2.0 is a design system for the Victorian Government. It creates an accessible and consistent visual user interface across all our digital products. This helps citizens trust they are visiting an official source of Victorian government information.

Using data and insights collected during the recent redevelopment of the dss.gov.au website we'll take a look at what works, what doesn't work and how you can make incremental improvements today to support your users.

When it comes to government websites, Drupal is everywhere. In 2021, around 56% of the world’s government websites relied on Drupal. Numerous case studies illustrate the profound technical benefits of choosing Drupal. Serving both national governments and local administrative divisions, Drupal has a proven track record as a reliable, cost-efficient framework for websites of varying scales.

The what, why and how of building design systems from scratch; ways to bridge the gap between developers and designers when collaborating on their creation, implementation and evolution

Compliance is crucial for federal websites, ensuring accessibility and uniformity.

Delivering a smooth experience for site users relying on assistive technology.

Automated accessibility checkers can be extremely helpful, but only cover about 30% of potential issues.

Government Summit presents multiple case studies: Design systems, Chatbot implementation, and creating next-gen government website experiences.

Ivan Duarte and Mike Herchel from Agileana present why we need to with the United States Web Design System (USWDS) and demo Gutenberg.