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How a New York village teamed with a fresh-out-of-college graduate to launch its new website in 90 daysProudCity

After 15 years with the same village website, Rye Brook, New York, didn’t want to waste time or money on a digital upgrade. As Rye Brook Communication Services Coordinator Fred Siefert puts it, there are three options for local government web services. First is an in-house digital and technical team, which isn’t feasible for most...

Government product management

While the work of government is commonly referred to as service — embodied in the terms ‘public service’ and ‘public servant’ — it’s the government-as-a-product mindset that is driving the future of truly innovative and effective civic organizations.

ProudCity 1.80.0 ReleaseProudCity

This release marks the launch of our new Social Media account dashboard for site administrators. There are also a number of 3rd party plugin updates in this release. There is no WordPress Core update in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero...

The empowered government product owner

The government product owner is responsible for setting the vision, ensuring effective delivery and being accountable for a specific product, such as a website, policy or public service program. It is a role that is becoming more critical, particularly for successful digital government project launches and continued management.

Team pledges for effective digital government delivery

Team pledges are a fun way to “swear in” the team and bring everyone together in a semi-formal way to vocally unify commitment to the team agreement.

Team agreements for effective digital government delivery

Team agreements help set a foundation of trust and effectiveness for how project members work together to achieve a common goal.

New ProudCity theme enhancements make it easier, faster to launch city government websitesProudCity

Based on our work with cities, we’ve updated our default website theme to make it easier, faster and cheaper for municipalities to launch city government websites. Theme enhancements include: Cleaner user experience Refined information architecture Navigation, page template clean-up Additional page templates New default settings This enhanced theme, coupled with our ProudCity Web and ProudCity...

Always getting better: How we work at ProudCityProudCity

Last week, we presented to the City of San Rafael’s new digital team on applying an open, asynchronous, collaborative mindset to getting things done. “Always getting better” is a ProudCity mantra, a reminder to ourselves that if we’re going to genuinely serve our government partners and their communities, we must continuously release a better product....

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Always getting better: How we work at ProudCity

Applying an open, asynchronous, collaborative mindset to getting things done.

Government Technology: 'Disasters Highlight the Growing Need for Digital Readiness'ProudCity

Government Technology published a guest article, "Disasters Highlight the Growing Need for Digital Readiness," by ProudCity CEO Luke Fretwell and San Rafael Senior Management Analyst Talia Smith. Excerpt: Here's what our experience taught us: While most public safety operations in an EOC are guided by time-tested principles, digital response before, during and after a disaster...

ProudCity 1.79.0 ReleaseProudCity

This is primarily a minor feature and bugfix release. There is no WordPress Core update in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? There is a new breadcrumb widget to help visitors...

Government website launch phases

ProudCity Onboarding provides governments with a, structured process in getting websites launched onto the ProudCity digital government platform. We follow a three-phase approach -- alpha, beta, live -- to ensure this process is as efficient as possible. In general, digital projects have four phases they go through when launching. These include: Discovery Alpha Beta Live...

ProudCity 1.78.0 ReleaseProudCity

This is primarily a bugfix release. The WordPress Core 5.2.2 Maintenance Update is included in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? This release includes a new Division Page template that is...

Local government digital solutionsProudCity

Solutions Proudly serving local government What they say "The ProudCity platform is best in class. We moved over because we wanted a dynamic, flexible platform that we could customize to the needs of our community. The onboarding process was a breeze, and the backend is incredibly easy to use. No more tickets to unresponsive call...

TechWire: 'Partnering, Planning, Tech Among Ways Government Can Survive Major Disaster'ProudCity

TechWire featured ProudCity in an article on our 'Digital Ready' session during the the 2019 Code for America Summit. Excerpt: “You start to see the comments that are on Facebook and the questions that are asked on the livestream and you realize, you know, people have nothing, and they’re mobile and they’re just trying to...

ProudCity Release 1.77.0ProudCity

This is primarily a bugfix release. The WordPress Core 5.2.1 Maintenance Release is included in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? We are excited to announce the creation of a new...

ProudCity 1.76.0 ReleaseProudCity

This is primarily a bugfix release. The WordPress Core 5.2 Feature Release is included in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? There should be no noticeable changes in this release. The...

How to customize colors

Here's how to customize colors on your ProudCity-powered government website

Font customization on ProudCity-powered government websitesProudCity

You can now customize fonts on your ProudCity-powered government website. Accessibility We’ve accounted for accessibility in choosing the fonts available for use, which is why there is a limited selection. We’ve also modified font weights in some areas to make previously ‘thin’ fonts more legible. Public Sans As part of the newly-updated United States Web...

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