GDS this week: Sprint Share and Performance Platform update
...a bit better. Clips from Sprint Share attendees and speakers: People are here to understand what everyone else is doing, but also to offer advice to anyone else who's just...
Data
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Walking the talk in New York
Today is the election for the next Mayor of New York City. Mike Bloomberg cannot stand for a third term, and there are more than a dozen challengers competing to take his place. Whoever wins, I hope they support the …
Dashboard for the Lasting Power of Attorney transaction released
This week we released a performance dashboard for the service to get a lasting power of attorney - a complicated transaction which is pushing and pulling our dashboards into new areas. Are you, like me, worried about your ongoing capacity …
Latest data on government transactions
Today, we’ve released an updated version of the Transactions Explorer, our tool for publishing performance data for the government’s transactional services. Our list has expanded to include over 700 services,...
Comparing transactions, step by step
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 …
Visualising Foreign Travel Advice
...accessing this information and how users’ behaviours and concerns might be reflected in the aggregated pageviews. With this in mind, I built a tool to show me more. A Global...
Performance dashboards released for six FCO services
Last week we released performance dashboards for six Foreign & Commonwealth Office services, including payment for registering births, marriages and deaths abroad.
The Smart Answer Bug
...several different formats which allow us to communicate important information in the most appropriate way. For complicated or transactional style questions that require specific input we have the Smart Answer...
Insights into site search
Last week, Roo Reynolds wrote about how we’ve been improving site search on GOV.UK. Throughout the past couple of months we’ve been analysing our search data to find out more about how people are searching the site. Here are some …
Data Science in GDS
...bespoke engagement measures across the different formats (Guides, Answers, Smart Answers and Benefits). The strength of this approach lies in its visualisation of the data, giving a quick indication of...
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