In November the Government Digital Strategy set out a shared vision for digital by default government; our digital services must be so straightforward and convenient people prefer to use them. This strategy committed government departments to 14 actions and was …
This morning Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude published the digital strategy, and I wanted to explain why and how it was developed.
‘Auto suggest’ was our attempt to second guess the answer a user wants based on the first few letters they type into a GOV.UK search box. We've had several people ask why we’ve removed the ‘auto suggest’ feature from GOV.UK …
A few minutes ago we released the first phase of the beta test of GOV.UK - the next step on the journey towards a single domain for central government. As Mike Bracken, HMG Executive Director for Digital said, our aim is to …
Yesterday I spent a hugely interesting and informative day meeting colleagues in Glasgow. One of the highlights for me was being able to congratulate David Hall (pictured) from the Scottish Government on the launch of the DirectScot.org experimental prototype two …
We're delighted at Francis Maude's announcement that the GDS is now developing a beta version of the single gov.uk domain...
So then, how did the experiment go? First, let's remind ourselves of the prototype's primary objectives To test, in public, a prototype of a new, single UK Government website. To design & build a UK Government website using open, agile, …
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