The Digital Efficiency report
...This won’t happen straightaway. There is lots of hard work, investment and development needed to make these savings a reality. But digital can make a real difference quickly. The report...
Shipping the digital strategy
As you know, today we launched the Government Digital Strategy. I’m part of the team that was tasked with putting these documents online, and from the outset we wanted to...
A bit more about assisted digital
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Rebecca Kemp - former Head of Assisted Digital, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Digital strategy
...shouldn’t stop us going Digital by Default. The definition of Digital by Default in the strategy acknowledges that not everyone is online. In fact, the people who are offline are...
The Government Digital Strategy, and how it was written
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Digital strategy, GDS team
...one in which people expect high quality, effective digital services. Currently, too many central government services offer a poor user experience, which leads to low rates of successful completion. To...
Tools over Content
I've talked before about various aspects of how we build software at GDS, and especially for GOV.UK, but I'd like to take a step back and about one of our early design rules: "tools over content".
What is Inside Government?
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
While you tuck into your toffee apple and enjoy the fireworks this evening, make sure you save a few oohs and aahs for us. In ten days’ time, on November 15, the first two government departments will move their corporate …
The next (business) link in the chain
...want to talk about GOV.UK’s other predecessor, businesslink*]}*.gov.uk, which came to its contractual end yesterday. In the beginning Businesslink*]}*.gov.uk was launched by the Small Business Service in 2004, to support...
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...the development of all of our platforms and products meanwhile, content designers and developers fixing bugs and making tweaks to copy and code wherever necessary on GOV.UK. As Gareth noted...
Designing for different devices
Following the successful release of GOV.UK a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to share some of the work we've done to support users on mobile devices (smartphones and any other portable devices with a modern web browser). It's a …
Regular Releases Reduce Risk
GOV.UK came out of beta just over two weeks ago. In that time we've released over 100 updates. I want to talk a little about how we do that, but mainly to focus on why this approach makes for more …
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