{"id":5206,"date":"2025-10-16T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/5206\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:08:11","slug":"beeck-center-updates-design-system-tracker-for-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/5206\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeck Center updates design system tracker for states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Government Hub, an open-source reference library for governments using design, data or technology, maintained by the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, this week released an update to its <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalgovernmenthub.org\/publications\/state-level-design-system-tracker\/?utm_source=DSN&amp;utm_campaign=dbce17172e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_07_08_37&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-dbce17172e-423446784\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State-Level Design System Tracker<\/a> that maps how U.S. states are building and managing shared digital design systems.<\/p>\n<p>Design systems are collections of standardized styles, components and guidelines that help teams build consistent and accessible digital services.<\/p>\n<p>The tracker lists which states already have active or in-progress design systems, whether they are open source, whether they include design file kits and how their data governance is structured. The tool also includes contacts so technologists can learn from their peers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesign systems are a foundational element of good government digital service delivery,\u201d the tracker states. \u201cBy providing a shared language, reusable components, and clear standards, design systems enable agencies to build web-based services more consistently and effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/designsystem.digital.gov\/next\/findings\/benefits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Web Design System<\/a>, when governments have a shared web design across agencies, users have more-uniform experiences across departments and teams don\u2019t have to reinvent new elements with each new website.<\/p>\n<p>The Beeck Center recommends that states starting to build their design system use this tracker as a reference to understand different approaches, pitfalls and opportunities for shared digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sophiafox.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Fox-Sowell\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWritten by Sophia Fox-Sowell<br \/>\n\t\t\tSophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in anthropology at Wagner College and master\u2019s in media innovation from Northeastern University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Digital Government Hub, an open-source reference library for governments using design, data or technology, maintained by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5061,5062,5063,5064,9,11,10,49,51,50,5065,5066],"class_list":["post-5206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-beeck-center-for-social-impact-and-innovation","tag-digital-design-systems","tag-digital-services","tag-government-technology","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-state-local-news","tag-state-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}