Open Standards consultation needs you!
...we are aware that sometimes there just isn’t time to read pages of consultations. So in an effort to make sure that no one potentially affected by the outcome of...
Are open standards a closed barrier?
...we're clear on what we're trying to do, the definition should be a doddle, right? Not so. We first set out over a year ago by providing a definition and...
Identity: Don Thibeau, at large in the UK
Last week, Don Thibeau, Chairman and Director at large of Open Identity Exchange (OIX) , and Executive Director of The OpenID Foundation paid a visit to the UK. Recognising common issues around fraud and identity, he discussed the need for a ‘team …
Introducing the design principles alpha for GDS
...you can't design well unless you've put the effort into getting the brief right. If a bad digital service looks great, it's still a bad digital service. It's essential we...
Design principles - Alpha
...if we share it. As ever we'd love to hear your feedback, specifically what you think is useful, and what you'd like to see included in further versions. You can...
Putting APIs first: legislation.gov.uk
Mention the word "API" to the wrong audience and blank looks shortly follow. For the uninitiated, an API, or "Application Programming Interface", is a way for one computer to use information or services held on another computer, often across the …
Throw away Photoshop and be true to your medium
...code from the off. Working with my colleagues, we have introduced this technique to the design process of GOV.UK in reaction to the rapid development cycles and number of iterations...
First Digital Leaders’ meeting – Rachel Neaman, Digital Leader, Department of Health
...deliverables like gov.uk, that will be real transformative change. And, as Mike says, beautiful too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPYXCHfk6V0 About the author: Rachel Neaman is the Digital Leader for the Department of Health...
Budget Blog
...mandate to deliver on Martha Lane Fox’s vision for digital public services. Now that mandate is reinforced by Government, with the commitment to our agenda set out in the budget...
Analysing the analytics
As Product Analytics Lead at the Government Digital Service, one of my interests is how effectively people are finding government information and where they are finding it. I recently read the post on Government in the Lab; Social Media Drives …
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