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Insights from the first five months of the GOV.UK app public beta

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Insights from the first five months of the GOV.UK app public beta

The GOV.UK App went live in public beta in July. Find out what's been happening in the first 5 months, and what's coming next.

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Does local government need a local government digital service?

Posted by: Carl Haggerty, Posted on: 7 March 2012 - Categories: GDS team

The easy answer to the title question would be No...but I don't like easy answers and I believe that No is fundamentally the wrong answer. My name is Carl Haggerty,...

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Engaging With The Hard To Reach

Posted by: Bob Kamal, Posted on: 6 March 2012 - Categories: Accessibility

GDS aims to create digital services that are world class and become the channel of choice for service users.  But the demographic of those who remain offline reveals that these very citizens are some of the heaviest users and most …

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Really Useful Day

Posted by: David Mann, Posted on: 2 March 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

...well as talking about the genesis of GOV.UK and GDS, I gave a live demonstration of local services on the site. As one of my colleagues pointed out, this was...

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Identity: One small step for all of Government

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 1 March 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK One Login

...European Union (OJEU), and marks the start of the formal process to create a market of identity services for access to digital public services. Commercially, it means that the potential...

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INSIDE GOVERNMENT - a few highlights

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 28 February 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

Today we have released part 2 of the GOV.UK beta - INSIDE GOVERNMENT. You can see our other post today for more on what this is all about and why it matters. But here, we’re going to take a quick …

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Introducing the next phase of the GOV.UK beta

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 28 February 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

Today we unveil the next bit of the GOV.UK beta - INSIDE GOVERNMENT. This is the place where, in future, people who are personally or professionally interested in the business of government will be able to research how government works …

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Blurring boundaries

Posted by: Paul Downey, Posted on: 23 February 2012 - Categories: Content design, Technology

Hello, I'm Paul, also known as @psd and I've just joined GDS as a Technical Architect. First impressions are important but soon forgotten, so here are some of mine from the first day of working with the team.

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Trying out a new application process for developers at GDS

Posted by: Etienne Pollard, Posted on: 22 February 2012 - Categories: GDS team

...Government Digital Service roles now available on the Civil Service Jobs website (listed under 'Cabinet Office excl agencies'). If you have any questions on applying then Thayer Prime (Thayer.Prime@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk) can...

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Interactivism - looking forward

Posted by: Mark O'Neill - former Head of Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 21 February 2012 - Categories: Digital engagement, Transformation

...identify skills and goals and then track progress. The site had a number of functions, such as skills matching, being able to request a mentor, print a CV, feature testimonials...

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Smart answers are smart

Posted by: Lisa Scott, Posted on: 16 February 2012 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK, Technology

Inherent to the content strategy of the citizen beta of GOV.UK is hiding complexity and building tools before writing content. Much of the detail of government policy is difficult for normal folk to grasp and understand - and the proposition of …

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