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Category: UX Design This extended category features quality articles on usability, user experience (UX) design and information architecture. The section contains practical articles and case studies written by professionals and experts in the field.

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Open-source governance is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the philosophies of the open source and open content movements to democratic principles in order to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki document. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to benefit to the decision-making process and improve democracy. [ 1 ] Theories on how to constrain, limit or enable this participation vary however as much as any other political philosophy or ideology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_governance

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The vision for government corporate websites in the Single Domain (with product wireframes) | Government Digital Service

http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2011/10/27/the-vision-for-government-corporate-websites-in-the-single-domain-with-product-wireframes/ This is the third in a series of posts sharing progress on how we are tackling objective two of the single domain ‘beta’ project: specifically the creation and test of a unified publishing platform capable of replacing many of the websites which government organisations currently run across separate domains – like dh.gov.uk or bis.gov.uk – to provide information on who they are and what they do. Having first defined the concept for this shared platform, then analysed users’ needs , the next step in early September was to establish and communicate the product vision. Here is an extract of that vision work – a set of ‘wireframe’ drawings of what, back then, I thought this product might need to end up looking like to the user. If you’re used to looking at wireframes, skip this paragraph. For everyone else, I should make clear that these drawings are by no means intended to give an impression of visual design.
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=24835&section=text

Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0

This guideline is designed to provide specific guidance to Government of Canada departments on the use of externally facing Web 2.0 tools and services. This guideline does not alter or replace any existing legislation or policy instrument. When interacting with external audiences through Web 2.0 tools and services for official purposes, departments must comply with existing legislative and policy requirements. This guideline includes practical advice to help departments make informed decisions about how to meet these requirements when using externally facing Web 2.0 tools and services. In addition, the guideline encourages departments to:
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Better User Orientation through Navigation | UX Booth

Users are constantly orienting themselves on your site. How can you help? Users surfing the Internet orient themselves not unlike migrating birds. http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/better-user-orientation-through-navigation/