The US government runs an International Visitors Leadership Program, which brings together future leaders from around the world. The most recent visit was for future digital and technology leaders and GDS was invited to take part. We wanted to share what we learnt.
Webchat is a support channel where users can talk to advisers through real-time online text chat. We ran an alpha to learn from departments that have been using webchat and to learn what works for users.
...the organisation. Emily will be Director of Policy and Engagement at GDS. Emily previously worked at Number 10 as Senior Policy Adviser for Welfare, Employment and Pensions. Emily will be...
...identified 3 main useful metrics: the breakdown of transactions per channel, the number of unique users for a service, and the reason a user contacts a service or has to...
...Verify is a live service, and growing fast. We’ve hired and trained more people to deliver digital services right across government. I’m proud to be leading an organisation that has...
...basic digital skills free for adults who need extra help. GDS already helps government to create digital services so good that people prefer to use them, and the Service Standard...
When designing services or creating content, we always start by thinking about user needs. We create registers in the same way.
...user needs in mind. They considered interactions including: how to tell people what the service is and how to encourage them to use it how to make things discreet by...
...we’ve found to be effective. If you’re team adopts any other approaches, please share in the comments. Follow GDS on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts....
The People Board is elected by everyone in GDS, and is empowered to decide things and delegate tasks to other people and teams in GDS. This is how it works.
If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
