How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
What we learned from user research with the public on completing PDF and online forms.
Scotland catch the Experimental Prototype bug
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
Yesterday I spent a hugely interesting and informative day meeting colleagues in Glasgow. One of the highlights for me was being able to congratulate David Hall (pictured) from the Scottish Government on the launch of the DirectScot.org experimental prototype two …
Cookies on the beta
The use of cookies on websites has become an increasingly hot topic over the past few months. A new EU law - specifically The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (PECR) - requires that websites ask for …
It's all about the words
When people talk about web design they sometimes take good editorial work for granted. We've already talked about how we are identifying user needs and content titles for gov.uk but this post looks at how we are developing our editorial approach.
Presentations from #gdslaunch
Following the Minister for the Cabinet Office's keynote at yesterdays launch event members of the GDS team gave five bite-size presentations introducing the work of GDS.
Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, opens the new home of the Government Digital Service
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
We are open for business. We have a new home. It’s taken a few months of incredibly hard work to bring six parts of Government activity into one place, but we’re here now. We’ve had huge support, from Cabinet Office …
Tackling the Digital Divide
It has been some time since we last blogged about our work relating to Assisted Digital. While we’ve been quiet, we have been busy working with our stakeholders to develop our thinking about the Assisted Digital (supporting access to Digital …
Welcome to Emer Coleman
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital engagement, GDS team
I am delighted to welcome Emer Coleman to GDS, as Deputy Director of Digital Engagement. We have always supported digital engagement at GDS, and Emer’s appointment will raise our game as we develop more products and services with partners and …
What happened at the 2nd AgileTea camp?
Another very well attended AgileTea last Thursday at Cafe Zest! The theme of the session was 'Procure and Deliver', timely given the recent focus on Chris Chant's blog post, the Government's Supplier event on 21 November on how Government wanted to make it …
Introducing Jordan Hatch
Hi, my name is Jordan Hatch, I'm seventeen, and last week I joined the development team working on the gov.uk beta. It's great to be working with so many talented developers on such an innovative project.
Community Teacamps for November and December
There are three TeaCamp-style events happening through November and December. Applycamp on the 22nd November is followed by the second AgileTea event on Thursday 24 November. Both deal with Government procurement although Applycamp is specifically for the G-cloud framework. Finally …
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