You might think that we’ve gone a little quiet since we published the Open Standards Principles last November, but we’ve been working hard on getting together the processes and the people to lead on some of the open standards challenges …
At the outset, it wasn't clear that we were making a manual. Our brief was to draw up the thing that all new services will be judged against - the Digital by Default Service Standard, as set out in the …
We've released a beta version of the Digital by Default Service Standard, a big step towards fulfilling one of the actions established in the Government Digital Strategy last November.
Today we announced some small but important changes in governance. The detail is here but the upshot is: we won’t have a cross-government Chief Information Officer (CIO) any more, nor a Head of Profession for Information and Communications Technology (ICT). …
We’re in the middle of a significant change in how people use digital services. Use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is exploding. People should be able to use digital services wherever they are, on the device of …
In 2010 the Prime Minister established the Northern Future Forum (NFF) with a different angle on the typical international summit. Instead of the usual set piece speeches and behind-the-scenes trading, NFF is a forum for leaders to learn from experts …
University of Salford student Andrew Langhorn recently got in touch with us to chat about his dissertation on the UK government's approach to digital. We asked him to write a few words about what it's like to study a live …
The work GDS is doing is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to building better digital services. Roger Oldham, Deputy Director, Digital Services at the Ministry of Justice writes about what they're up to, and how you …
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.
Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer for Government, writes about SPRINT 13. Last week I was delighted to participate in SPRINT 13 the cross government digital event organized by GDS. It was great to see so many colleagues from all over …
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