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We need interaction designers to help transform digital services

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 12 June 2014 - Categories: Service design
This could be you

...work at ben.terrett@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk and I'll point you in the right direction. You should also follow the UK Gov Digital Jobs Twitter because we tweet about all the digital jobs from...

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Individual Electoral Registration - changing the way we register to vote

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 10 June 2014 - Categories: Transformation

...delivered the digital service with a small team against a deadline set in legislation is by being agile. Agile is not a thing you buy, agile is a thing you...

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Interesting stuff from GOV.UK blogs

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 5 June 2014 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

A couple of weeks ago, we updated the index page for all the blogs hosted on GOV.UK.

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Principles for prototyping

Posted by: Paul Downey, Posted on: 3 June 2014 - Categories: GDS team
concept principles

All our projects begin with discovery, a short phase in which we start researching the needs of users, understand the things we'll need to measure to improve the service, and explore technology and other constraints.

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Weekend links: Choosing checklists, checking content, customer companies and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 31 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
Ever wondered what your social accounts would look like if they were Lego figures? Of course you have. (Image courtesy of Jeremy Waite)

...what makes it onto GOV.UK. This post from Jeremy Waite about how to build a truly social business is worth a look. Data nerds - here are over 100 weird...

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Lasting Power of Attorney - live

Posted by: Kit Collingwood, Posted on: 29 May 2014 - Categories: Service design

...pass the Digital by Default service standard assessment to go into live service. The service has been built by a team made up of OPG, GDS and MoJ Digital Services,...

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Trying to keep it simple? It’s complicated

Posted by: Roz Strachan, Posted on: 28 May 2014 - Categories: Digital Marketplace
Keeping it simple - making sense of categories for the Digital Marketplace

...Please sign up to our user research to help us shape the new Digital Marketplace. Follow the Digital Marketplace on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts....

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Weekend links: vCloud, Darwin database, proof of concept and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 24 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
What is the user need?

...this week - find out why on the data blog. Reviewing design work is never easy - but these ten questions are a pretty good start. Last week marked the...

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Open Policy Making and Digital - a happy coupling

Posted by: Rob Banathy, Posted on: 22 May 2014 - Categories: Transformation
Open Policy Making and Digital - a happy coupling

Find out what happened at our latest Open Policy Making event, co-hosted with the Government Digital Service. You can read more about what Open Policy Making is and what it looks like in practice on our new blog: https://openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/

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Reading the digital revolution

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 22 May 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK
The Cluetrain Manifesto - image by Paul Downey

...Control, and The Shirky Principle by Kevin Kelly Motivation, Agency and Public Policy by Julian Le Grand The Agile Manifesto The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond Government...

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