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We'll live on in people's memories and hearts. Thank you.

This is awesome - something I've been thinking of doing for my docusaurus doc. Is there an example of your webscraper? I was thinking of using langchain's markdown parser: https://…

Found it, it might not have much though. https://weathergov-staging.app.cloud.gov/

USDS certainly does not. The guiding principle at the time from what I remembered is to try to set "some standard" for all federal government websites to strive to because there we…

Hi! Can you elaborate on what in particular on the VA site that causes serious harm to the people it's meant to serve? I'm happy to bring it to the team or if you don't feel comfor…

It's a tough job. USDS can often be in a unique position to take the technical lead in a fire situation such that it doesn't happen again, and that can steer enormous positive outc…

I've been reading up on Keycloak recently, and had questions for hosting keycloak in prod. How do people in the field handle configuration updates with code? For example, if I want…

Interesting to see this popped up here. I used to submit a bunch of tools through the internal Technical Reference Model (TRM) portal where there's 40 or so questions to answer. dr…

We absolutely can update this consumer facing portal, and I believe there is a Treasury team actively working to modernize this portal. Personally, I didn't even know of this porta…

This is what mailgun recommends for warming up email / email reputation. https://www.mailgun.com/blog/domain-warmup-reputation-stretc... If you're just starting out, start with non…

Good evening, I have to assume that VA department you're talking about is Dept of Veterans Affairs - and if that's the case, you're in luck! You don't have to wait till 2150 for th…

I agree with the sentiment that there are cultural issues with the federal space, and it requires continuous diligence of dedicated people to change the landscape and move the need…

Yep, I'm with USDS. It's not a problem, I'm glad to help if I can and civil engineering is a bit out of my depth. Are there anything specific about the formats I should be asking f…

Hi, I sent an email to the team in the listing to see if they can provide additional information about the file formats involved in HEC-RAS. Finger-crossed. The following link does…

The rest of the 5%... well, that obviously is reserved for naming things.

Feedback and comments are always welcome, at least I welcome them :D. I can't speak for all government agencies, but generally there is an internal CA for hosting internal sites. I…

Ah, understood. Most federal agencies have their own internal PKI systems, and DoD is probably more unique than others because the infrastructure is bigger, older, and has differen…

Hi, this is Boris Ning from United States Digital Service. Can you go into specifics of the "wonky certificate settings"? I can probably help you out with that or at least bring it…

I'm dealing with similar problems - trying to setup direct connection between AWS and Azure. How does planetscale handle the complexity of DIY classic VPN and ensuring a high avail…

Hi, I'm an engineer with VA as a part of USDS [ https://usds.gov ]. As dkhenry stated in the comments, I sent a couple messages to the VA Lighthouse team along with the VA Office o…