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Getting up to Standard

Posted by: Richard Sargent, Posted on: 7 June 2013 - Categories: Service design, Transformation

The Government Digital Strategy says that all new or redesigned digital services will meet the Digital by Default Service Standard from April 2014. Before then, GDS is using the standard to support the Cabinet Office spending controls, to deepen knowledge of …

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Moving on from GDS

Posted by: Paul Annett, Posted on: 5 June 2013 - Categories: GDS team

I've been Creative Lead on the design team at GDS for the last two years, and I'm really thrilled about my next step. On Monday I'm joining the design team at Twitter. I've been asked to write a blog post …

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Reforming governance in government technology

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 4 June 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

We announced in March that we would reform the governance of our technology provision in central government. We need a simpler, clearer model of governance based on user needs. Those users are our colleagues as well as citizens and this …

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Benefits of diversity

Posted by: Sam Sharpe, Posted on: 3 June 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

...for the job and we also allow ourselves to increase our scale of operation by having different people or teams work on something independently. The advantages and challenges of code...

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Identity Assurance: Maintaining Good Practice

Posted by: Matt Trigg, Posted on: 3 June 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK One Login

On Friday (31 May) we published a new version of the Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 – Identity Proofing and Verification of an Individual. It can be found on the Cabinet Office site together with the full set of previously …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 31 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...Force. We’ve also actually started cracking code, or writing code, on the Beta for the Carers’ Allowance transaction. We’ve also managed to hire some Agile coaches into a couple of...

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Assisted digital support for the Lasting Power of Attorney

Posted by: Reema Mehta, Posted on: 30 May 2013 - Categories: Accessibility

...the LPA exemplar. We'll also be running workshops with our Stakeholder Reference Group on other exemplar services and will be talking to members of the Digital Advisory Board to get...

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Kathy Settle, Posted on: 24 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Highlights: The launch of new guides for Chief Technology Officers on the Digital Service Manual. We also published the latest quarterly update on the transaction explorer which for the first...

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Starting the conversation about providing assisted digital support

Posted by: Reema Mehta, Posted on: 23 May 2013 - Categories: Accessibility

...to develop assisted digital support for digital services. This will give the 18% of UK adults who are offline access to digital by default services. Assisted digital support will be...

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Rebalancing technology across government

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 21 May 2013 - Categories: Technology

Today we are releasing a further iteration of the Government Service Design Manual. We’ve updated this with more guidance for service managers and, for the first time, information for Chief Technology Officers on how government is rebalancing its approach to …

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