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Of the web, not on the web

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 14 March 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy, GDS team

...to address the CIO issue in government as, by definition, it is tough to be a CIO in government with so much of that information and data residing in outsourced...

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Identity Alphas

Posted by: Steve Wreyford, Posted on: 12 March 2013 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK One Login

Identity Assurance is made up of many different areas of work, as you'd expect of a complex programme. Whether they're focused on business processes, security, commercial models, government standards or anything else, they all share the common goal of producing …

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We're not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all.

Posted by: Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 12 March 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy, GDS team

We’re in the middle of a significant change in how people use digital services. Use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is exploding. People should be able to use digital services wherever they are, on the device of …

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Interesting browser stats

Posted by: Edd Sowden, Posted on: 11 March 2013 - Categories: Data, Technology

One of the GDS design principles is 'design with data'. Front end developers need to know what the current browser landscape looks like and in which browsers they should be regularly testing new features. To help us do that, I created …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 8 March 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...we’ll be publishing the Government digital service standard in beta. It’s something we’ve been working on for months. It’s a fantastic product and service back to other people in Government,...

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Young, expert and advising

Posted by: Jordan Hatch, Posted on: 7 March 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...is made up of twenty-five young people who have all been involved with fascinating digital projects around Europe, like the greenlight for girls project in Belgium, the Robotikos events in...

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The Northern Future Forum

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 7 March 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy, GDS team

In 2010 the Prime Minister established the Northern Future Forum (NFF) with a different angle on the typical international summit. Instead of the usual set piece speeches and behind-the-scenes trading, NFF is a forum for leaders to learn from experts …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 1 March 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...Scotland. What have we been up to at GDS this week? This week, we mark the one-year anniversary of Inside Government. I know of no better way to mark it...

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Moving ‘Inside Government’ – HMRC’s experience

Posted by: Robin Riley, Posted on: 1 March 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

...was like. Yesterday the corporate web presence of HM Revenue and Customs went live on Inside Government, exactly one year to the day since the beta of Inside Government went...

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Introducing the Content Explorer

Posted by: Edward Horsford, Posted on: 1 March 2013 - Categories: Content design, Data

...and content designers The Content Explorer helps our product managers and content designers as they identify, prioritise, and evaluate content. “It’s going to allow us to see quickly and in...

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