SMEs – we need to talk
...many know it must. First off government has realised that it’s not that different. From now on if government wants some IT it needs to do what everyone else does...
Parliament Week hack day
Last weekend, I attended the closing session of a Parliamentary hack day run with Rewired State as part of Parliament Week 2011, a week of activities to engage with the public and encourage them to get involved in the UK's …
Establishing trust in digital services
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GOV.UK One Login
...a complex subject and a controversial one, not just in the UK. But we need to address it if we are going to take advantage of digital channels. We can...
The Unacceptable
...it's time to make a change. The change we are already making is a big one. It will affect the way government buys IT, who we buy it from, how...
The vision for government corporate websites in the Single Domain (with product wireframes)
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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This is the third in a series of posts sharing progress on how we are tackling objective two of the single domain 'beta' project: specifically the creation and test of a unified publishing platform capable of replacing many of the websites which …
Listen to Chris Chant talking about G-Cloud
...as Programme Director for the G-Cloud initiative, and spoke about G-Cloud and what people can expect from it. For those who were unable to make the event, we recorded it...
The second lever
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...equally obvious that this talent will pay for itself many times over as new platforms, products and services reduce the taxpayer bill for digital services. (You will have to trust...
How Norfolk County Council used Twitter to show a human face
One of the Digital Engagement team's responsibilities is to encourage the use of social media by Government, engaging citizens directly in how their services are run. When we read Susie...
Why I'm for #codingforkids
...of thoughts about what we could do and where we would need to focus to make a real difference for children. One of the things I asked everyone who attended...
October Teacamp: A perspective from Baden-Wuerttemberg
...place trust in their staff but make sure that everyone is educated about the appropriate use, restrictions and risks in their work area. We also talked about the Home Office’s...
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