Merge pull request #834 from usds/staging

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_content/faq.yml

@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@
   questions:
     - q: "Where will I live?"
       a: |-
-        It’s up to you! We have folks that live in D.C. and the surrounding metro area.
-        We have USDSers who would be happy to chat with you to give you an overview of neighborhoods and moving hacks. People at USDS have moved from all across the world to live in D.C. for a couple of years.
+        We’re currently hiring both remote employees and people who are local to Washington, DC. If you have additional questions about remote or in-person work, please reach out to the USDS Talent Team at [email protected].
 
-        If you are in onboarding stages at USDS, please reach out to your USDS Talent Team guide and they can help connect you to people who can be a great resource during your search.
-
-        All conditional offer letters are conditional upon your passing the background check (including security and drug checks). Therefore, we suggest that candidates hold off on long‐term decisions (e.g. signing leases) until you receive a formal offer letter. You are responsible for your housing in D.C.
+        All conditional offer letters are conditional upon your passing the background check (including security and drug checks). Therefore, we suggest that candidates hold off on long‐term decisions until you receive a formal offer letter. You are responsible for your housing if relocating to D.C.
 
     - q: "Is there a relocation package?"
       a: |-

_content/home.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mission:
   heading_text: |-
       Millions of people use federal government services every day. Veterans apply for health care. Immigrants apply for naturalization. Too often, outdated tools and complex systems make these interactions cumbersome and frustrating.
 
-      To improve these services, USDS hires mission-driven professionals into term-limited ‘tours of civic service.’ By working alongside civil servants, they help untangle complex challenges.
+      To improve these services, USDS hires mission-driven professionals into term-limited ‘tours of civic service.’ By working alongside civil servants, they help address some of the most critical needs.
   heading_button_text: "Learn about our mission"
 
 work:

_content/how_we_work.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 page_title:
   heading_title: "How we work"
   heading_text: |-
-     We collaborate with public servants throughout the government to help untangle complex challenges and ultimately deliver a better government experience to people. We work across multiple agencies and bring best practices from our various disciplines.
+     We collaborate with public servants throughout the government to address some of the most critical needs and ultimately deliver a better government experience to people. We work across multiple agencies and bring best practices from our various disciplines.
      
   heading_button_text: "Learn about our mission"
 
 roles_heading_title: "Building a team with a broad range of experiences to transform government."
 roles_heading_text: |-
    With tours of service lasting no more than four years, the U.S. Digital Service brings fresh perspectives on technology and delivery to the government. To build the best possible team, we focus on the same values in our hiring as we do in our work.
 
-   - **Hire and empower great people.** We work to untangle some of our nation’s most important and complex problems. We hire people with the experience, skills, compassion, curiosity, and tenacity to find new paths forward. 
+   - **Hire and empower great people.** We work to address some of our nation’s most critical needs. We hire people with the experience, skills, compassion, curiosity, and tenacity to find new paths forward. 
 
    - **Design with users, not for them.** We build better solutions when our team reflects the people we serve, including people from communities that are traditionally underserved. We hire people from different demographic backgrounds, various industries, and all corners of the United States and its territories. We strongly encourage people who identify as Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native/Indigenous, women, LGBTQ+, disabled, veterans, and members of other underserved communities to apply.
 

_content/our_mission.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ who_we_are_what_we_do:
   section_1_text: "We are mission-driven professionals who are passionate about applying our work and lived experiences to public service. We come from a range of cultural, geographical, and ethnic backgrounds, and we represent a myriad of intersecting identities, just like the people we serve. We are curious about understanding the needs of people and are excited to use our short tours of service to make a positive impact."
 
   section_2_title: "What we do"
-  section_2_text: "We collaborate with public servants throughout the government to help untangle complex challenges and ultimately deliver a better government experience to people. We work across multiple agencies and bring best practices from our various disciplines, which include engineering, product, design, procurement, data science, operations, talent, and communications."
+  section_2_text: "We collaborate with public servants throughout the government to address some of the most critical needs and ultimately deliver a better government experience to people. We work across multiple agencies and bring best practices from our various disciplines, which include engineering, product, design, procurement, data science, operations, talent, and communications."
 
 
 objectives:
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ origin_story:
 
     We quickly went to work with a simple strategy:
 
-    > Recruit top designers, engineers, product managers, and digital policy experts. Pair these digital experts with our nation’s leading civil servants. Deploy these teams to untangle the most important government services, together.
+    > Recruit top designers, engineers, product managers, and digital policy experts. Pair these digital experts with our nation’s leading civil servants. Deploy these teams to address some of the most critical government services, together.
 
     We’re proud of everything we’ve worked for since. The team we’ve assembled has relocated to Washington, D.C., from more than 20 states and territories and counting. They're enthusiastic about emoji, laptop stickers, and scanning the Federal Register. Does this sound like you? [Apply now.](site.baseurl/apply)