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Colorado Digital Service

Colorado Digital Service

Unboxing Colorado’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave Program — A Review

Matthew McAllister is the co-founder & Director of the Colorado Digital Service. He just returned to CDS after the birth of his first…

4 min read22 hours ago

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An image of the author holding his infant daughter. Both are looking at the camera. The infant is wearing a teal onesie with white polka dots and has a neutral gaze. The author is wearing a short-sleeved dark tee shirt and has both of his arms wrapped around his daughter. He is smiling widely.

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Colorado Digital Service

Rules as Code and Digital Identity: Highlights from BenCon 2023

Hi!

6 min readSep 19, 2023

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picture of Jeff Maher from Bloomworks, Alex Orlov from the Colorado Digital Service, and Tristan Vanech from the Colorado Digital Service

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Colorado Digital Service

What I’ve Learned in my First Few Months in Government

I’ve been a product manager in the private sector for more than a decade, and in that time I’ve seen a lot: product launches, hockey-stick…

6 min readFeb 2, 2023

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Colorado Digital Service

Colorado Digital Service Embeds Equity into their Team Agreements and Design Exercises

The Colorado Digital Service (CDS) is a small, cross-functional team of technologists who work for the State of Colorado’s Governor’s…

3 min readFeb 15, 2022

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Colorado Digital Service Embeds Equity into their Team Agreements and Design Exercises

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Colorado Digital Service

Cross-sector Collaboration during COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Colorado Exposure Notifications…

Authored by Michelle Park

8 min readJan 12, 2022

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A collection of hand-sketched graphics representing potential experiences for Exposure Notifications where a user, Alice, gets a notification of exposure.

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Colorado Digital Service

Tips for Finding Ways into Public Sector Work

No decision is insignificant when creating a government service. Working in any government is an opportunity to make an impact at scale.

6 min readNov 3, 2021

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Colorado Digital Service

Navigating the Regulations: UX Research in Government

In the last decade, the delivery of government services has become increasingly reliant on technology as a primary channel for people to…

9 min readOct 13, 2021

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In illustration showing two people sitting at a table talking. the person on the left is in a wheelchair. On either side of the people are several icons including a hand holding a heart, a book, three people, a checklist, a gavel and a person with a shield in front of them.

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Colorado Digital Service

Hey, Government Teams — UX Designers are Looking for You!

Government services have to be used by everyone and UX design can help to translate these needs into technology and service useful to all.

6 min readJul 19, 2021

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Hey, Government Teams — UX Designers are Looking for You!

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Colorado Digital Service

2021 is the year of civic tech!

Colorado Digital Service has been prototyping the USDS model with Colorado technologists; a look at the first year in review.

5 min readFeb 2, 2021

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2021 is the year of civic tech!

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Colorado Digital Service

Colorado Digital Service

A team of engineers, designers, product managers, and procurement specialists serving limited tours of service in government. colorado.gov/digitalservice

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