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Spotlight on procurement

Posted by: Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 20 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team

...Digital Service): It’s a very pro-active activity, procurement, as opposed to just buying, which to me is a one-off activity. Procurement is owning the whole relationship with the supplier as...

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 16 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team

The big news this week has been the transition of two central government departments and three agencies to GOV.UK. Following the release of GOV.UK last month, it’s the next step...

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A quick tour of Inside Government

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 15 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

Today we released Inside Government, bringing together all the corporate and policy information of 2 ministerial departments (out of a total 24) and 3 smaller public bodies (out of the hundreds of agencies and other bodies who will later be …

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Launching Inside Government

Posted by: The Right Honourable The Lord Heywood of Whitehall GCB CVO - former Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office, Posted on: 15 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

Policy, publications and announcements are moving to GOV.UK Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, writes about the release of Inside Government. We said in the Civil Service Reform Plan, published earlier this...

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What we know about the users of Inside Government

Posted by: Ross Ferguson - former Deputy Director for Portfolio Delivery on GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 14 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK, User research

...of Inside Government have been designed for use by everyone and anyone in the UK (and beyond). Inside Government must have this broad appeal and application because it will be...

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Identity assurance - Stepping Up A Gear

Posted by: Steve Wreyford, Posted on: 14 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK One Login

Yesterday, with the announcement by DWP of the first Identity Provider (IdP) framework for government, the Identity Assurance Programme passed an important milestone in the development of a cross-government identity assurance platform.

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What you won’t see (yet) on Inside Government

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 14 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

The release of Inside Government tomorrow is a beginning, not an end. There’s a lot in it, but there’s also a lot yet to come. Here is a list of features which are on the product roadmap to be delivered …

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Tim O'Reilly and Jennifer Pahlka visit Government Digital Service

Posted by: Emer Coleman - former Deputy Director of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 13 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7k0rbMWNI

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Explaining government policy on GOV.UK

Posted by: Janet Hughes, Posted on: 13 November 2012 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK

As departments move from publishing on separate websites to publishing on GOV.UK, each of them will be contributing to a comprehensive set of web pages that explain government policies clearly, consistently, and all in one place. Doing this is difficult, …

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Showing people around Inside government

Posted by: Liz Hitchcock, Posted on: 13 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

As one of the editors working on Inside government, visiting departments to introduce people to the platform can be really rewarding. Last month I went to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to help them with their final preparations …

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