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First open standards selected

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 27 September 2013 - Categories: Technology

We set up an Open Standards Board last April to help us decide which open standards to use in government technology. Selecting and implementing open standards will make our services better and give us more flexibility in choosing our suppliers. …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 24 September 2013 - Categories: Accessibility, GDS team, GOV.UK, Transformation

...also work on Assisted Digital, which is profoundly important. All these jobs can be found out on the website: digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/jobs. Interviewer: Until next time. Mike Bracken: Till next time, onwards....

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This week at GDS

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 17 September 2013 - Categories: GDS team, Transformation

...those of you who don’t know, Cape Town will be the World Design Capital for 2014. So, similar to other great cultural and sporting events, there’s one for design and...

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Visiting Leicester Pension Service

Posted by: Reema Mehta, Posted on: 16 September 2013 - Categories: Accessibility, GDS team

...visit It was especially useful to speak to front-line staff and directly observe them delivering a service to customers. Their experiences in dealing with customers and their insights about older...

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Latest data on government transactions

Posted by: Clifford Sheppard, Posted on: 12 September 2013 - Categories: Data

...been rewritten as a static site generated with Python, with some front-end functionality provided by JavaScript. As with most GDS products, the code is open-source and freely available on GitHub....

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Notes from dConstruct 2013

Posted by: Matt Sheret, Posted on: 10 September 2013 - Categories: Digital engagement, GDS team

Last week, several members of the GDS team decamped to the south coast for the Brighton Digital Festival, in particular to the one-day conference dConstruct. Now in its ninth year, it’s gained quite a reputation for giving brilliant speakers a …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 10 September 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Mike Beaven talks about the latest quarterly update to the Transactions Explorer and welcomes cross-government heads of communications, whose monthly meeting is being hosted by GDS this week.

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Comparing transactions, step by step

Posted by: philbuckley5, Posted on: 9 September 2013 - Categories: Data

For almost the first time, we are using conversion funnel data to improve government transactions. The comparisons between services are fascinating. When you are browsing books on Amazon, the pages are full of links. Want to see a bigger picture …

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Talking accessibility at ustwo

Posted by: Joshua Marshall, Posted on: 9 September 2013 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

Back in May of this year I tweeted about how impressed I was that London-based agency ustwo had released an update to their "Pixel Perfect Precision" handbook, which included a new section on accessibility. The handbook, written so that new …

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Opening up open standards

Posted by: Paul Downey, Posted on: 6 September 2013 - Categories: Technology

Last night GDS hosted the first in a series of events to increase awareness, and participation in, the open standards process. It was held at  The Hub, a venue in Kings' Cross. We want your help to identify the specific open standards …

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