Environment Agency - 1 year on GOV.UK
...GDS’s exemplar services. It quickly registers customers online. This helps us target our efforts on those that do not operate within the law and it reduces the administrative burden on...
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.
GOV.UK isn't finished
...think GOV.UK is perfect. The opposite is true. While GOV.UK has already made things better for lots of users, our ambition remains sky high. Far from patting ourselves on the...
GDS, USDS and sharing expertise
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Liam Maxwell and Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK, Transformation
One of our design principles at GDS is “Make things open: it makes them better.” Since GDS was set up in 2012, working in the open has been a big part of who we are. It’s great for us to …
Finishing what we started - transition to GOV.UK
...government publishing platform. Here’s a film about the works that’s been done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-lPm57hD4&feature=youtu.be Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts. Transcript: Transitioning 300+...
A big week for Companies House
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK, Transformation
...designed summary of public information about that company: its status, registered address, names of directors and secretaries, and a list of filing dates. It’s an impressive start on an important...
Designing assisted digital based on research, not assumption
...It’s important to understand the context in which users are accessing our digital service. The prison visit booking team surveyed over 2,200 callers to the booking lines. They’ve used the...
The move to GOV.UK: training 1,000 writers
...We’ve provided training, support and access to more than 1,000 writers across government, who have published more than 120,000 pieces of content to the site. The word about user needs...
It's all about trust - auditing local government domains
...used for - we will also never allow a non-public sector organisation to register with our gov.uk domain. As part of this and if an authority has a number of...
Happy birthday GOV.UK
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
...when we needed it. And of course there's Martha Lane Fox. Not just because she wrote the report that started it all, but because she's been a constant source of...
Combining user research and analytics to improve the user experience
Over the last year or so, we’ve been working on moving the websites of 311 government agencies and arms length bodies onto GOV.UK, as part of the transition towards a single online platform for all government services.
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If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
Leading Government Digital and Data
