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September 28, 2005

Making eGovernment Web Sites Usable

Forrester Reveals Flaws And Fixes For Seven Major Federal eGovernment Sites

by Alan E. Webber

with Gene Leganza, Elizabeth Boehm, Bradford J. Holmes


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester applied its Web Site Review methodology to evaluate the citizen experience at seven major federal eGovernment sites. The Federal Student Aid site led the pack in usability, with the Social Security Administration and the USAJobs sites tied for a distant second. But even on the best site, we found significant design flaws that impede citizen adoption of eGovernment. To get the basics right, agency managers should adopt site design best practices by employing the discipline of persona-centric Scenario Design in their ongoing improvement efforts.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemDigital Age Agencies Want More Self-Service Citizens

itemProgram Managers Face A High Hurdle To The Citizen Self-Service Ideal

itemWilling Citizens Need Functional Portals

itemPortal Usability Is Well Established Outside Of Government

itemFederal Web Sites Fail To Incorporate Site Design Best Practices

itemBringing The Citizen Onboard

recommendations

itemStick To The Basics To Make Government Sites Usable

Forrester reviewed the Web sites of seven citizen-facing federal government programs, assessing the sites' specific capabilities and general usability.

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Technology: Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes
Industry: eGovernment, Government
Geography: North America

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