FEMA Pulse Portal

I provided UX resources to the government team at Dun & Bradstreet, leading the design efforts for the FEMA PULSE Portal within a one-month timeline. My role involved creating intuitive user interfaces that allowed government officials to analyze economic recovery and COVID-19 impact data efficiently. I collaborated closely with the development team to ensure seamless integration of time series visualizations, policy event tracking, and interactive data filtering by state, county, and industry. My contributions helped improve FEMA’s ability to monitor economic trends, inform policy decisions, and enhance coordination efforts. The successful launch on June 16 strengthened D&B’s relationship with FEMA and empowered government agencies to make data-driven reopening decisions during the COVID-19 crisis.

Within the FEMA PULSE Portal, the Business Operational Index and the Consumer Demand Recovery Index are displayed in a weekly time series alongside Employment data, new COVID-19 cases per week, and new COVID-19 deaths per week. The time series data may be focused on any State and any collection of counties within a State. The focus may also be filtered by industry. Below the time series is a list of events that pertain to the government policy decisions or actions meant to impact either the change in rate of economic recovery or COVID-19 cases and deaths. The events that pertain to the geographic focus are marked with vertical lines within the time series. Users may add policy events (e.g. phase II reopening), or actions (e.g. FEMA delivered 40,000 facemasks) directly into the portal