From f0487f22b6ede9cf285a50c0c0b390bf6b534b5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alison Whitty <91492387+amwhitty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:01:46 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update our_mission.yml copy edit to pull quote --- _content/our_mission.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_content/our_mission.yml b/_content/our_mission.yml index 3d09767c..3fe2a263 100644 --- a/_content/our_mission.yml +++ b/_content/our_mission.yml @@ -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) From f13cc1327b8a9ac4938cd9ff7f4bf1b04cf6d9a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alison Whitty <91492387+amwhitty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:03:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update home.yml copy edit to into paragraph, remove "untangle" --- _content/home.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_content/home.yml b/_content/home.yml index b34a0a26..e9f6d2bb 100644 --- a/_content/home.yml +++ b/_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 Too often, outdated tools and complex systems make these interactions cumbersome and frustrating.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: From 4d1260b3d86cfaa8e4f09ef3cef7db2bfeaa71df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alison Whitty <91492387+amwhitty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:04:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update our_mission.yml copy edit to WHAT WE DO, remove " untangle" --- _content/our_mission.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_content/our_mission.yml b/_content/our_mission.yml index 3fe2a263..ce3d1f31 100644 --- a/_content/our_mission.yml +++ b/_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: From 6fe166edf907a1a6583d6d8942bd33000423e40e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alison Whitty <91492387+amwhitty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:13:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update how_we_work.yml copy edits, remove "untangle" from into paragraph and first value description --- _content/how_we_work.yml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_content/how_we_work.yml b/_content/how_we_work.yml index 28926b30..c676bff0 100644 --- a/_content/how_we_work.yml +++ b/_content/how_we_work.yml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 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" @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ roles_heading_title: "Building a team with a broad range of experiences to trans 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.