Direct Support Available to Agencies
Contract Support
This session assists an agency team that is assembling paperwork for a new contract or a modification to an existing contract. This may be used at the start or to refine an existing draft. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.
Content API Activation
This service is open to any federal agency using Drupal or Wordpress as a CMS. It entails start-to-finish guidance and support for the activation of a site-wide content API.
Design Support
This session can provide brief or in-depth support for an agency team during the planning and design stage of API production. This may be used to explore the considerations involved in API architecture and design and to understand their implications. It may also be used to arrive at design decisions for the API. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.
Developer Outreach
This service assists an agency team in planning and implementing a robust developer outreach program. It focuses on first ensuring the discoverability of the agency’s APIs, then pursuing a range of developer engagement methods.
Documentation Support
This session can assist in the creation and improvement of the API documentation and developer resources that accompany an agency’s APIs. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.
Strategic Consulting
This session is intended to provide guidance to agencies as they seek to understand and integrate APIs in the medium- and long-term strategy ofo the agency. This may be used to review existing efforts and guide future plans with an eye towards ensuring their relevance to the agency’s mission. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.
Integration Support
This session provides context and direction to agencies as they decide how to integrate their API efforts into data management, open government, and other modernization efforts. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.
Working Group Support
As departments and agencies create working groups or teams to coordinate their disparate API efforts, this support can be used to advise and provide team support both in the planning stages of the group as well as going forward, while the cross-agency collaboration efforts mature. These sessions can be in person, via virtual meeting, or conference call.