USWDS Version Upgrade for Pages

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User story

As a site developer, in order to take advantage of most up to date USWDS and improve site performance, I want to use the latest design system components for the static challenge.gov pages.

Acceptance criteria:

• USWDS on Challenge.gov Pages is updated to the latest USWDS version (currently: 3.8.1)

Dev tasks:

• Task 1
• Task 2

Definition of Done

Doing (dev team)

• Code complete
• Code is organized appropriately
• Any known trade offs are documented in the associated GH issue
• Code is documented, modules, shared functions, etc.
• Automated testing has been added or updated in response to changes in this PR
• The feature is smoke tested to confirm it meets requirements
• Database changes have been peer reviewed for index changes and performance bottlenecks
• PR that changes or adds UI
  • include a screenshot of the WAVE report for the altered pages
  • Confirm changes were validated for mobile responsiveness
• PR approved / Peer reviewed
• Security scans passed
• Automate accessibility tests passed
• Build process and deployment is automated and repeatable
• Feature toggles if appropriate
• Deploy to staging
• Move card to testing column in the board

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Staging

• Accessibility tested (Marni)
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Focus confirmed
  • Color contrast compliance
  • Screen reader testing
• Usability testing: mobile and desktop (Tracy or Marni)
• Cross browser testing - UI rendering is performant on below listed devices/browsers (Tracy or Marni)
  • Windows/Chrome
  • Windows/Edge
  • Mac/Chrome
  • Mac/Safari
  • iOS/Safari
• AC review (Renata)
• Deploy to production (production-like environment for eval capability) (dev team)
• Move to production column in the board

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Production

• User and security documentation has been reviewed for necessary updates (Renata / Tracy / Dev team)
• PO / PM approved (Jarah or Renata)
• AC is met and it works as expected (Jarah or Renata)
• Move to done column in the board (Jarah or Renata)

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Note for future testing: currently the gov banner does not collapse and remains open at all times. Clicking on Here's how you know also does not collapse the banner, and the arrow up/down icon is not displayed.