Joe Gebbia, Airbnb co-founder and DOGE Chief Design Officer, asks the public to submit screenshots of poorly designed federal websites

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@jgebbia http://sam.gov still loads like it's 2004

@jgebbia PACER (inc EM/ECF) - it’s a UI/UX abomination and it’s outrageously paywalled. Public court records should be free and easily accessible for full transparency.

@jgebbia http://Treasurydirect.gov is pretty ugly and hard to navigate

@jgebbia Not really a design thing, but when can IRS finally ditch the random third-party company ID dot me for http://Login.gov?! Pretty pretty please...

@jgebbia No screenshots, but the National Parks website should look incredible with lots of photos and theming.

@jgebbia IRS

It needs a redesign. Maybe turbocharge the search function with Grok to search the tax code and forms?

@jgebbia http://Treasurydirect.gov is a mess of color coding that has no meaning and broken conventions (This button is a link? Surprise is not!). It's easier to buy German bonds on their equivalent site. https://www.deutsche-finanzagentur.de/en/federal-securities/types-of-federal-securities/treasury-discount-paper

@jgebbia @grok what’s one of the worst visual/UX federal websites? Look into complaints online to find the worst.

@jgebbia too soon?

@jgebbia With July 4 target 2 days out, I'm more curious how the NDS own 27k site rollout is tracking than which agency sites are ugliest. Any chance you can share the progress numbers? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2026/01/national-design-studio-looks-to-overhaul-27000-federal-websites-and-is-hiring-a-team-to-do-it/

@jgebbia The SBA loan site is garbage. So many links to get to the page to make a payment.

@DavidVartan @jgebbia That is brand new.

@jgebbia Most of the patent site is trash unless its where you are submitting a new one.

@jgebbia Would like official branding on this, and clear CTAs. https://www.donotcall.gov/

And the confirmation emails are suss.

@jgebbia Biggest project you could ever take on is fix Social Security online system. It’s so bad and you would probably have to start over. It’s like 1996 technology.

@jgebbia I'd like to report an unsafe, hazardous, and defective website

https://www.recalls.gov

@jgebbia @spikebrehm Can probably just walk down the list of most visited gov sites for the biggest impact. You’d be busy for years

@jgebbia Please please fix https://www.eftps.gov/

@jgebbia The IRS website has improved over the years, but there are still pages that feel cluttered and difficult to navigate.