...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...
...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...
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 …
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 …
...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...
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...
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...
...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...
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 …
...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...
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The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out how to download it for free on GOV.UK.