Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
Interactivism - looking forward
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Mark O'Neill - former Head of Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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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...
Smart answers are smart
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 …
Local services and GOV.UK
An important design rule of GOV.UK is to hide complexity, so if we are being truly user-centric, people should not need to understand the structure of government to be able to access services. Search data tells us that when people …
Creating videos for GOV.UK
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Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GOV.UK
...type of content. So please feel free to tell us what you think. Links to the videos: https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/overview https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-identity-check/overview https://www.gov.uk/your-right-to-minimum-wage/overview Graham Higgins (@grahamhi) is a Digital Content Producer for GDS...
Using HTML5 for GOV.UK
We took a decision early on in the project that GOV.UK should be forward-looking and exploit modern browsers. Browser technology evolves rapidly, so constant iteration will allow GOV.UK to exploit...
Thoughts on my recent trip to the West Coast with Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, and I recently travelled to the West Coast of the US which coincided with the launch of GOV.UK. It was slightly surreal...
Digital Engagement for the beta release of GOV.UK- our experience
...making waves across the pond and again at 5:30pm during a BBC News interview with Tom Loosemore and Martha Lane Fox. Links and comments and links were noted, debated and...
Pulling the servers' strings
We're already talked about why we chose Amazon Web Services for hosting the beta of GOV.UK, and how we approached some of the decisions that came with it. Cloud hosting gives us the flexibility to rapidly iterate our infrastructure as …
SMEs and Procurement – What happened at the 3rd Agile Teacamp?
...receive email alerts for new contracts via the Contracts Finder service. Another initiative, the Mystery Shopper programme, has been launched as an extension of the Cabinet Office Supplier Feedback Service...
Radiating Information
At GDS, you will repeatedly hear that meeting user needs is the defining principle behind GOV.UK. There are a number of data sources that help us design and iterate the products we are building, including data from internal systems.
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