Building for inclusion
It's been just over a year since we began working on the GOV.UK beta website, and accessibility has been an important part of our activity during that time. As expert consultant on the project, I've been working with GOV.UK's accessibility …
This week at GDS
Here’s a round up of some of the things we’ve been up to over the last week in the GOV.UK team The editorial team published their 1358th piece of content...
Meet the hosting and infrastructure team
...and to the world - and videos like this are a great way of introducing our people and showing what goes on behind the scenes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQc7fF_XCc Next up - Finance!...
Style v2
One of the first headings in the GOV.UK editorial style guide is ‘Ever-changing style guide’. And it has just changed again. Biggest change for GOV.UK The biggest change is more...
Meeting DWP's digital champions
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been visiting some of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) operations staff, who have given us really useful feedback about GOV.UK.
Why IaaS?
Rather than running our own room full of servers, or worrying too much about physical computers, we have chosen to run GOV.UK on an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. What does that mean and why did we make that …
Mistakes are the portals of discovery
In the process of making mistakes, there is an opportunity to learn a lot, but not just for the person or team making the mistakes. Louise Kidney, Digital Engagement Lead, shares some of the learning from the Digital Engagement Team …
What are we doing about… access permissions?
As work progresses on the Inside Government publishing platform, Neil Williams, Product Manager, explains some of the thinking behind using a 'noise not restriction' approach and asks for Departments input on where restriction might be necessary.
Working on government digital projects - an event to start showcasing what can be achieved
...recognise that there are many companies who do not meet the strict definition of SME but should nevertheless be given the opportunity to showcase their work. ‘Why these companies?’ -...
Introducing a new supplier (Skyscape)
As you will know, we at GDS are building GOV.UK, currently in beta at www.gov.uk. As part of that process we have been thinking about the best way to host...
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