...a few weeks, that entire data set will be available for free, as open data, to everyone and anyone who wants it. This is just a small part of Defra’s...
The other day, while driving along a local shortcut, I was faced with a ‘road closed’ sign and had to u-turn. Beyond the sign, there was no road where road had been yesterday.
...writing his first piece of code, and school children visiting No 10 to take part in the #HourofCode event. Not to be outdone, here's Minister for Cabinet Office Francis Maude...
To meet the Digital By Default Service Standard, digital services have to ‘make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences.
Image courtesy of Simon Cunningham under a Creative Commons license. Sam Hall is Head of Publishing Operations at the Office for National Statistics. Statistics may be defined as "a body...
Over the last couple of months we’ve run search engine optimisation and analytics workshop sessions for content designers in government departments and agencies.
...growing organisation, that means that the network’s also growing. An exemplar for government Paul Collman We set out trying to build our network environment and build our Macs for a...
...was a Bank Holiday. Of course, like any ‘league table’, GOV.UK’s position is also influenced by the performance of other sites. Its usual neighbours are banks, ISPs’ sites and some...
Yesterday we released 83 dashboards. We wouldn’t normally plan to release like this.
The Performance Platform is a tool for government to answer the question ‘how are we doing?’. At present, the important facts are not accessible to the right people, at the right time, in the right way.
If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out how to download it for free on GOV.UK.