GOV.UK
Introducing our new product pages and technical documentation
Our new product pages and a new technical documentation format help users recognise that a resource is provided or curated by GDS.
Government as a Platform
Service Toolkit: everything you need to build a service in one place
We’ve launched the Service Toolkit to give teams across government quick access to the resources they need to build and run services.
7 things we learnt on our US visit
The US government runs an International Visitors Leadership Program, which brings together future leaders from around the world. The most recent visit was for future digital and technology leaders and GDS was invited to take part. We wanted to share what we learnt.
How users feel about webchat
Webchat is a support channel where users can talk to advisers through real-time online text chat. We ran an alpha to learn from departments that have been using webchat and to learn what works for users.
Taking service design to Parliament
We spoke recently at a roundtable in Parliament, organised by the All Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation (APDIG). At the session, ‘Designing the next generation of government services’, we talked about why GDS is making service design a priority.
What government might look like in 2030
Earlier this week, I was asked to speak on this subject at TechUK’s Public Sector 2030 event.
Getting from data to registers
Individual registers are good but an ecosystem of linked registers is even better. That’s why every register needs to be designed with the wider ecosystem in mind.
A hack day to test Government as a Platform
Last week, GDS hosted a hack day for developers from across government.
Linking registers
Paul Downey explains why registers have links, how links help users of data, and talks about some of the implications of linking for an organisation operating a register.
Improving and opening up procurement and contract data
We’re helping people who are transforming public services by making it simpler, clearer, and faster for them to buy what they need.