RSS feed or email subscription available

Government sites publish policy changes, benefit deadlines, emergency guidance, and rulemaking updates that constituents and journalists need to track without repeatedly polling the homepage. Without an RSS feed or email subscription channel, citizens miss time-sensitive announcements, watchdog groups lose automated monitoring, and agencies force people back into social platforms they may not use. Offering machine-readable update feeds also supports findability for aggregators and accessibility tools that syndicate public-sector content.

Expose at least one update channel so visitors can subscribe without polling the homepage. Add an RSS or Atom route at app/feed.xml/route.ts that returns valid XML with real entries, or add an email signup form that hits a verified sender with double opt-in. Link the feed from the footer using a labeled icon.

// app/feed.xml/route.ts
export async function GET() {
  const items = await getRecentUpdates()
  const xml = buildRssXml(items)
  return new Response(xml, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/rss+xml' } })
}