Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?

hbcondo714 wrote: post #5

Usability.gov; I found their take & format on use cases useful: https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/use-cases...

Hard to take seriously when they have a takeover modal

Re: Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?

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Post by realdavidops » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:14 AM UTC

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

Quickly displays important data.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?

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Post by compscigeek » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:36 AM UTC

Sweden's (though it's not a .gov)

https://sweden.se/

Re: Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?

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Post by neximo64 » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:52 AM UTC

The UK's (gov.uk) is pretty modern. Also companies house (the uk company register) (beta.companieshouse.gov.uk).

Re: Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?

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Post by kqr » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 4:22 AM UTC

compscigeek wrote: post #8

Sweden's (though it's not a .gov) https://sweden.se/

Sweden has really improved in this regard recently. I also like

- http://rkrattsbaser.gov.se/sfsr (searchable legal database of the legislative organ of govt)

- http://riksdagen.se/ (homepage of the legislative organ of govt, where full transcripts of proceedings are uploaded after at most a day)

- http://www.gov.se/ (general govt portal website)

However, a special mention is necessary for https://www.systembolaget.se/. Sweden has a government monopoly on alcohol, and the state-owned seller is Systembolaget. They were really early with having a well designed website. Their search is advanced and filterable in almost anything you'd want. They were really careful not to break the web by ensuring the back button works, and more importantly, that the current view is reflected in the address field so you can share what you see by copying the addrews and sending it in an email, and so on. Really important stuff that so many get wrong.