Ask HN: What are the best government (.gov) designed websites?
Government websites are known to look outdated, which ones caught your eye?
https://www.uscurrency.gov
https://www.uscurrency.gov
All are useful and well-designed in my opinion.
I don't think they should be judged on "looking outdated" though. Functionality and security are what's important, and if it's too visually polished, I look at that as maybe even a negative indicator of functionality.
I found these talkson the process of building and maintaining it very useful
https://vimeo.com/121348831 https://www.infoq.com/presentations/gov-uk-devops
- 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.
https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/use-cases...
Quickly displays important data.
You can't get this detail with any other service I can find.