Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple
I’m Alistair Duggin, Head of Accessibility here at Government Digital Service. I’ve been here for just over 7 months now. My job is to make sure that GOV.UK is as accessible as possible.
You can find more information about accessibility on the dedicated Accessibility in government blog.
I’m Alistair Duggin, Head of Accessibility here at Government Digital Service. I’ve been here for just over 7 months now. My job is to make sure that GOV.UK is as accessible as possible.
The slides aren't the thing. They're what make you pay attention to the thing.
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Dave Worley, a digital take-up advisor at GDS, describes how we are helping services across government to encourage users to use the digital service.
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The Digital By Default Service Standard came into full force this month.
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Joshua Marshall is Head of Accessibility at GDS. Just before Christmas, we sat him down for a short chat about his work. In Joshua’s opinion, the single most important thing GDS has done to improve accessibility across government is “change …