GOV.UK
Watch all of the action from SPRINT 13
All of the talks and all of the workshops from SPRINT 13 are now available online. Filmed live at the event on 21 January, they’re a celebration of the best digital work in government today.
Digital engagement
Keep calm and carry on: government campaigns and GOV.UK
GOV.UK provides government with several ways to promote and support its marketing campaigns. I wanted to give you a bit of background on what the guidelines are, and how they’re being used.
Digital’s place in the diplomatic toolkit
Departments’ Digital Strategies showed how far the impact of digital has been within government. For the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the addition of social media tools to the diplomatic arena will be incredibly important, as Chief Digital Officer Alison …
Social media – Must we measure?
It’s been some months since GDS published our social media guidance for Civil Servants, and there’s been lots of interest across the civil service (and beyond) in the idea of social in government. We’ve had queries from other countries too …
Meeting DWP’s digital champions
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been visiting some of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) operations staff, who have given us really useful feedback about GOV.UK.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery
In the process of making mistakes, there is an opportunity to learn a lot, but not just for the person or team making the mistakes. Louise Kidney, Digital Engagement Lead, shares some of the learning from the Digital Engagement Team …
Working on government digital projects – an event to start showcasing what can be achieved
Whilst the focus of GDS has quite rightly been on the forthcoming release of GOV.UK on the 17th October, a small team in GDS has been working on how we engage with digital companies working with government. An early output …
Finding your digital stakeholders (and why you should bother to)
The Civil Service Reform (CSR) plan talks a lot about the need for open policy making – a more inclusive approach to developing government policy that engages people who have simply not had the opportunity to participate in policy discussions …
I say consultation, you say…?
The delivery of digital consultations within government is something which has been under much discussion recently. Ade Adewunmi, Digital Strategy Advisor invites you to take part in an online discussion around what consultation means and how we could make it …
‘Simpler, clearer, faster’ at the Driving Standards Agency
Youtube is the third biggest website in the world which means a massive potential audience, but only if you get your content right. Here, John Ploughman, Digital Communications Manager at the Driving Standards Agency explained how GDS values inspired a …