Mobile's role in bridging the digital divide
...digital world is dwindling, it’s important to remember that only 74% of adults have access to broadband at home, compared to 91% of adults who have a mobile phone. In...
GOV.UK
Posts about the development and iteration of the GOV.UK website. You can find more information for GOV.UK publishers on the Inside GOV.UK blog.
The vision for government corporate websites in the Single Domain (with product wireframes)
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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This is the third in a series of posts sharing progress on how we are tackling objective two of the single domain 'beta' project: specifically the creation and test of a unified publishing platform capable of replacing many of the websites which …
Why do people need government department websites?
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
This is the second in a series of posts about how I am taking forward objective two of the single domain project: specifically the “private beta test of a shared ‘corporate’ publishing platform aimed at replacing most of the activity …
What is that beautiful house?
Open Source Content Management Systems like Drupal and WordPress have been gaining a lot of ground in recent years, with governments around the world adopting them. Drupal in particular has attracted a lot of fanfare as numerous high profile US …
Building APIs, building on APIs
Public APIs are a vital feature of the modern web. Whether you're looking at the ecosystem of Twitter and Facebook apps, tools for managing auctions on ebay, or code for embedding Youtube videos in a blog post, clear ways of …
Introducing the Needotron: working out the shape of the product
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Richard Pope - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...It is essential that the shape of the product will continually iterate throughout its life, as will its underlying code, design, user interface and content. Starting the long journey from...
Accessibility and the Single Government Domain
Hello! I'm Léonie Watson. I'm working with Government Digital Service (GDS) on the accessibility of the beta site. This is the first of a series of accessibility focused posts I'll be putting together over the next few months.
Government corporate websites in eye-popping 3D
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
This is the first of a series of posts about how I'm taking forward objective two of the single domain project: the "private beta test of a shared 'corporate' publishing platform aimed at replacing most of the activity currently hosted …
Will it be orange?
To outsiders it may sound like a superficial question, but one thing I keep getting asked around Government is "will the single-domain be orange?" – at least in reference to the sections for citizens which will launch in public Beta …
Gov.uk – from Alpha to Beta
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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...transforming the experience of gov.uk transactions will require a federated identity layer across Government services. Not a trivial challenge. Indeed, radically improving the quality of all gov.uk transactional services to...
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