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 …
Digital, Data and Technology
New guidance for government devices
...needs first - not something that security policy is known for it enables real choice of IT for civil servants - there is guidance for Mac OS X, Ubuntu and...
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 …
This week at GDS
This week news of an office move at GDS, as well as new developments on open standards and the launch of Go ON North East. Rewired State are holding a...
First open standards selected
We set up an Open Standards Board last April to help us decide which open standards to use in government technology. Selecting and implementing open standards will make our services better and give us more flexibility in choosing our suppliers. …
Latest data on government transactions
...been rewritten as a static site generated with Python, with some front-end functionality provided by JavaScript. As with most GDS products, the code is open-source and freely available on GitHub....
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 …
Opening up open standards
Last night GDS hosted the first in a series of events to increase awareness, and participation in, the open standards process. It was held at The Hub, a venue in Kings' Cross. We want your help to identify the specific open standards …
Visualising Foreign Travel Advice
...is shaded dark grey if there has been an unexpectedly large number of people looking at the ‘Contact Foreign Travel Advice Team’ section, as this could indicate that information is...
Open Standards show and tell
...which evaluates the proposals and advises the Open Standards Board At the show and tell we’ll go through each of these activities and explain what will happen with your input,...
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