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How GOV.UK Pay grew to processing £8 billion in transactions

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How GOV.UK Pay grew to processing £8 billion in transactions

Since launching in 2016 GOV.UK Pay has now processed £8 billion in card payments online and over the phone. Here we look at how we’ve used data to grow the product to this milestone.

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Introducing a new tool - Licence Finder

Posted by: James Weiner, Posted on: 4 July 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

...the Licence Finder. I wanted to explain a bit more about how it came into being. What does it do? The Licence Finder solves one of our more straightforward user...

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Introducing the next iteration of GOV.UK

Posted by: Sarah Prag, Posted on: 3 July 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

As Tom explained back in January, the GOV.UK beta is a work in progress. We've been hard at work behind the scenes since then, and today we're releasing a new batch of content, as well as the next iteration of …

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GOV.UK editorial style guide

Posted by: Sarah Richards, Posted on: 2 July 2012 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK

Today marks the launch of the alpha release of the GOV.UK editorial style guide. Sarah Richards, Content Design Lead on the Delivery team explains why this is important and how...

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Open Data White Paper commits Government to publishing Developer Engagement Strategy

Posted by: Emer Coleman - former Deputy Director of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 28 June 2012 - Categories: Digital engagement

...their data holdings In addition to the reaffirmation of the principles above the White Paper sets out an expanded Code Of Practice (in relation to the Datasets Section in the...

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The speed of change

Posted by: Chris Heathcote - Product Manager for Accessibility Monitoring, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 26 June 2012 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK

When a user sent a tweet about a possible improvement on GOV.UK, it became a great example of how quickly an agile team can respond to feedback. Chris Heathcote from the GDS design team explains how size doesn't necessarily mean …

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Introducing the Digital Performance Framework - Alpha release

Posted by: Adam Bailin - former Lead Data Analyst, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 26 June 2012 - Categories: Data, Technology

Managing transactional services is a complex task and can be quite bewildering with many systems and measurements involved. However, because we have digital tools and technologies, we can now pull...

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Riding the Paradigm - where agile meets programme

Posted by: Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 20 June 2012 - Categories: Transformation

...a pretty established and successful agile software delivery engine. Whilst it is relatively new it has become a firmly established way of working beyond the core delivery teams, and lean/agile...

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Digital a key component for Civil Service Reform Plan

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 19 June 2012 - Categories: Digital engagement, Digital strategy

...Service, to GDS this morning in advance of the announcement. You can see them chatting to GDS staff Alice Newton and Jordan Hatch in the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKaQXenohI I am...

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Jordan meets Francis

Posted by: Jordan Hatch, Posted on: 18 June 2012 - Categories: GDS team, Transformation

Last week Jordan Hatch, Developer with Government Digital Service met Francis Maude, Minister for Cabinet Office for a quick chat. Last week, I met with Francis Maude, Minister for the...

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Cabinet Office joins the Open Identity Exchange

Posted by: Steve Wreyford, Posted on: 14 June 2012 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK One Login

On Tuesday, 12th June, Mike Bracken announced that the Cabinet Office will be joining the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). The Identity Assurance Programme team explain how this will enhance a process of collaboration and inform ongoing, small-scale, alpha projects.

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