USAID Website Modernization Project
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USAID Website Modernization Project
June 15, 2012
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Requirements Process
3. Content
4. Mapping Application
5. Development Experience Clearinghouse
6. Mobile Applications
7. Project Related Sites
8. Next Steps - Future Phases
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Overview
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USAID.Gov was launched on June
7 with a new look and feel.
The Administrator has taken a
hands-on approach to deliver a
more transparent, customeroriented site.
All of USAID website content will
be migrated to the new site
throughout the remainder of the
calendar year.
Website content will be lighter,
and flatter across the agency and
easier to find and use by
stakeholders.
A revised Governance structure is
currently being developed and
will define website roles and
responsibilities.
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Scheduled
Release Date
Component
Summary
Main
USAID.gov site
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Who We Are
What We Do
Where We Work
Results & Data
News & Information
22 Phase 1
country sites
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Home Page
About USAID in Country
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History
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Contact Information
Sector Information
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Release
1.0
June 7, 2012
Mapping
Application
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DEC
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Languages
Geographic Information System (GIS)
mapping to display USAID activities
Visits have the ability to click on an
area of the map and be presented
with a description of the
implementing mechanism that fall
within that geographic area.
A link to the DEC is included from the
website
The DEC’s design was updated to
reflect the same look and feel of
USAID.gov site design
English
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Requirements Process
Conducted the following with internal and external
stakeholders:
Interviews
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Conducted one-onone interviews
with stakeholders
Held focus groups
with internal
audiences: Data
Group,
Communications
Group,
Participation
group, Web Group
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Survey
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Congressional
survey sent to
Hill staff
Completed by
individuals
Card Sorting
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Users organize
proposed web
content
individually and
as groups
Used to
determine
overall site map,
final structure,
and organization
of content
Usability Testing
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Usability testing
with final design
for users to test
look and feel as
well as site
organization and
navigation
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Content
• LPA is leading the content management and migration on this project.
Content clean-up efforts began last summer. LPA engaged with
offices/bureaus and the 22 Phase 1 missions to ensure that going forward
content is consistent and standardized across the board.
• Website content is lighter, and flatter across the agency and easier to find
and use by stakeholders.
– Content of the website is broken down in to the following key areas:
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Who We Are – About the Agency
What We Do – The sectors the Agency works in
Where We Work – Information specific to Regions and Countries
Results and Data – How we measure results and the results we achieve
News and Information – Latest happenings at USAID
Work with USAID – How to partner with or get a job with USAID
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Mapping Application
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AIDtracker, is a prototype tool that aids
the M/CIO collect program/project data
which will allow you to have a portfolio
view of projects, tracked to dollar
spending.
The mapping application allows to view
specific project information by
geographic location
Data in AIDtracker is extracted from
Agency corporate systems.
The focus for Phase 1 was to have data
for 22 specific missions. An additional
18 missions decided to validate project
information which is also now available.
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Usaid.gov Phase 1 Countries
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Haiti
Sudan
Tanzania
Ghana
Ethiopia
Kenya
Liberia
India
El Salvador
Bangladesh
Philippines
Iraq
Egypt
West Bank Gaza
Rwanda
Uganda
Mozambique
Nigeria
Indonesia
Guatemala
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Development Experience Clearinghouse
• USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the largest
online resource for USAID-funded technical and program documentation
from more than 50 years of USAID's existence, with more than 155,000
documents available for viewing and electronic
• Additional functionality provided by the new DEC includes:
– Social Features that allow users to comment on, rate, vote on the usefulness and share
documents with others.
– A map feature that allows users to view documents by geographic location
– A mobile website that provides mobile users with improved access
– Easy access to a collection of recent evaluations
– Streamlined submissions process. Documents uploaded to the DEC by submitters are
available immediately.
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Mobile Applications
The new usaid.gov website has two mobile applications
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DEC Evaluations - Improves access to USAID funded evaluation reports
by providing a mobile solution for accessing a subset of DEC evaluation
documents.
Portfolio Map - Browses our portfolio for a subset of the countries in
which USAID is working using the interactive map. The app will provide
general country overviews at a glance and also will allow users to access
more detailed information as needed.
These mobile applications allow users to access information using iPads and
iPhones.
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Project Related Sites
• Mission websites and microsites (i.e. stand-alone websites) are being
integrated under the new usaid.gov site.
• This aligns with the White House’s ‘Campaign to Cut Waste’.
– Specifically, the June 2011 .gov domain registration freeze is intended to limit the
proliferation of new domains and stand-alone Web sites.
– This effort is to improve customers’ ability to locate Government information and
services, identify duplicate or non-integrated sites, consolidate use of Web resources,
and improve efficiency by leveraging existing platforms and infrastructure
• There is no plan to include project related sites as defined in ADS
557.3.4.1 or 557.3.4.2 in this integration for CY 12
– Project sites are those sites developed by partners or contractors under either
acquisition or assistance instruments with USAID which develop web sites to share
information with project members
• The integration of these sites will be re-evaluated in CY 13.
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Next Steps - Proposed Future Phases
Scheduled
Release Date
Summary
December 2012
Release 2.0 will include updated workflows, increased social media
capability, additional countries included in GIS mapping, additional
design templates, continuation of content migration, and the
availability of Mission content in a variety of languages.
Release 3.0
June 2013
Release 3.0 will see increased functionality in social media and
mobile applications. Workflows and design templates will be
updated and/or added, as needed. The majority of the remaining
content will be migrated. Additional functionality, including
integration of the blog and enhanced user engagement, will be
implemented. Migrating content in additional languages will
continue.
Future
Post June 2013
The future releases will evolve as the change requests are
identified throughout the project lifecycle.
Release 2.0
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