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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 17 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...saw the launch of the Digital Skills Alliance, led by Martha Lane Fox at the Go ON UK Trust. Next week we've got our regular digital leaders' meeting on Wednesday...

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Latest update to the Transactions Explorer

Posted by: Clifford Sheppard, Posted on: 17 May 2013 - Categories: Data

Today we released our third major update to the Transactions Explorer tool. The complete list shows the breadth of transactional services provided by the government, from tax-based transactions with volumes in the millions per year, to applications to burn heather …

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Open Standards Board sets the direction

Posted by: Linda Humphries - former Senior Technology Adviser, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 17 May 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

...the European Common Assessment Methodology for Standards and Specifications as a starting point for the criteria to be used by advisory panels and challenge owners when assessing challenge proposals. The...

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Licensing dashboards launch on the Performance Platform

Posted by: philbuckley5, Posted on: 16 May 2013 - Categories: Data

Phil Buckley, Product Manager of the Performance Platform, writes: I’m very proud to announce the latest release of the Performance Platform. Building on the performance statistics we have for GOV.UK, this release powers the dashboards for all the different Licences, …

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How GDS is working to help small businesses

Posted by: David Thorpe, Posted on: 14 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

David Thorpe writes in response to yesterday's report by Lord Young on support for smaller businesses. Yesterday Lord Young released Growing Your Business, the second instalment of his report on...

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This week at GDS

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 10 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...helping SLC [Student Loans Company] select a technical transformation partner. So viewing supplier presentations, catching up with the good folks like Gordon Simpson and Tom Mead, and Martin Campbell up...

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Analysing the format of Inside Government's Policies

Posted by: Ashraf Chohan, Posted on: 10 May 2013 - Categories: Data, GOV.UK

I’ve recently been embedded with the Inside Government team to work on understanding user behaviour through data analysis. One of my first tasks was to investigate the way that policies are being used and to identify any interesting or notable …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 3 May 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Highlights: A very big week, as we marked the 24th and last of the ministerial departments moving to Inside Gov. The numbers that describe the volume of activity over the last six months are incredible - and thanks go to …

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User testing at DVLA

Posted by: Jamie Trollope, Posted on: 3 May 2013 - Categories: Accessibility, User research

We’re learning a lot about users as we work with more teams outside GDS. Jamie Trollope from the Customer Insight and Diversity Team at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) writes about what they’ve discovered during some recent user …

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The story of GOV.UK so far, in pictures

Posted by: Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 1 May 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

Earlier this week the the final ministerial department joined GOV.UK. This isn't the end of the GOV.UK story; in fact it's barely the end of the beginning. But today is still a big moment, the result of commitment and collaboration …

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