Why we blog in government: Blog Camp 2017
...a year on, to talk about this silly-sounding discipline. We brought together blog editors from across government to share ideas and best practice, to create connections and partnerships, and to...
GDS team
Posts about who we are and how we work.
Volunteering saved my career and made me a better person
...own ambitions. I recently delivered a session there, teaching young people design and agile skills for solving problems, which in turn is further enhancing my CV and improving the profile...
Working in the open: why being inclusive matters
...able to fully express myself means not only feeling comfortable at work, but also being able to fully achieve my potential. Alan Maddrell, Senior Content Designer I want the people...
The pre-election period
...21 April and the general election on Thursday 8 June is the pre-election period. This means that we only communicate essential information, in line with the general election guidance for...
What we blogged about in March 2017
...is now open for use After 9 months, 3.5 million messages, 32 live services, 850 code deployments, and 500 hours of user research — GOV.UK Notify is available to all...
The GDS Parity Pledge, one year on
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Zara Farrar - former Senior Content Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Events, GDS team
...or more people unless there is at least one woman on the panel, not including the chair. In future, no-one from GDS will speak at an event unless the event's...
In tech and talented? The government’s digital transformation needs you
We believe that successful digital transformation comes not through the choice of a particular technology stack or IT system but through the work of people and teams. Over the past...
Discussing diversity at UKGovcamp
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Events, GDS team, People and skills
Photo: WN Bishop UKGovcamp is an annual unconference that’s dedicated to digital in the public sector. The GDS Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) network ran a stall and a...
Making policy an integral part of digital delivery teams
...essence, the digital transformation of services relies on making policy an integral part of digital delivery teams and vice versa. This is pretty unique to government. So GDS, along with...
2016 on the GDS blog
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Accessibility, GDS team, People and skills, Service design
...Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple In May, Alistair Duggin blogged about the work he’d started on making GOV.UK accessible. He explained how he wanted to ensure people...
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