ProudCity recognized by ELGL local government community in 2019 Haverford Award
Public Spend Forum featured ProudCity as one of seven government technology startups to watch In 2019.
Author: Luke Fretwell
Webinar: What You Need to Know About Accessible Government Websites and Digital Services
We’re participating in a web accessibility webinar for the ELGL local government community this Wednesday (November 6). Webinar overview: Learn how to make your local government website and digital services accessible for all populations. Matt DiCianni from Ancel Glink will share the legal case for making your website and digital services accessible, and then Luke … Continued
Proudly serving Jackson
We’re excited to announce our first state capital partner, Jackson, Miss. The new site, located at jacksonms.gov, is now live after going through the ProudCity Onboarding process and public feedback and user testing. As with all of our partners we serve, Jackson’s new, service-focused website is mobile-friendly, secured for user privacy protection and makes accessibility … Continued
How to buy, build launch, manage local government digital services in 2020
To help educate local public sector leaders with government website launches, we’ve created a comprehensive slide deck that details the problems with today’s model, solutions, key trends for 2020, and how ProudCity successfully supports a new approach to digital services. Slides: How to buy, launch, manage local government websites in 2020 Contact us to learn … Continued
How a New York village teamed with a fresh-out-of-college graduate to launch its new website in 90 days
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 … Continued
New ProudCity theme enhancements make it easier, faster to launch city government websites
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 As part of the onboarding process, we’ve added a new … Continued
TechWire: ‘Partnering, Planning, Tech Among Ways Government Can Survive Major Disaster’
Public Spend Forum featured ProudCity as one of seven government technology startups to watch In 2019.
Font customization on ProudCity-powered government websites
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 … Continued
Ask us anything: Digital government support with ProudCity Help
To better provide world class support to our government partners, as well as the government community at large, we’ve combined ProudCity Platform knowledge support with general digital government information and resources. ProudCity Help, located at help.proudcity.com, provides answers, tips, templates, guides and best practices in digital government on topics such as websites, accessibility, security, analytics, … Continued
Digital disaster response and recovery preparedness with ProudCity Recovers
When disaster strikes, anxiety is high and community members immediately look to government and emergency management leaders for timely, reliable, mobile-friendly, accessible information. The ensuing chaos exacerbates when communications — the information and delivery mechanisms — aren’t efficiently deployed. As disasters become more routine, digital response and recovery preparedness is critical. Governments can no longer … Continued