Since launching in 2016 GOV.UK Pay has now processed £8 billion in card payments online and over the phone. Here we look at how we’ve used data to grow the product to this milestone.
Here's a reminder as to why it's so critical that GOV.UK offers UK citizens the best possible digital experience.
...DEFRA Defra relaunched their website based on WordPress, an open source platform. You can read Simon Everest’s presentation here on how and why DEFRA made this choice. Alpha.gov.uk is built...
One of the criticisms of the 'Alphagov' project I’m most aware of is the ‘who do they think they are’ approach to the team itself. The bulk of the team...
...context and help make future government sites more accessible for everyone. Photo credit: Paul Downey Richard Pope was Product Owner on the Alpha.gov.uk prototype. You should follow @richardjpope on Twitter...
...driving test than an HGV one, more people get made redundant than have to make someone redundant, so we should optimise for the common case. The start of any process,...
Alpha.gov.uk will test a selection of products and technologies aiming to meet the needs that people have from government online.
...so Chris Chant has commissioned a project to test its feasibility. Chris has asked Tom Loosemore, formerly of the BBC’s web operation, to pull together the project. He will be...
The Government Digital Service is the new name for the organisation created by the merging of Directgov and the Cabinet Office Digital Delivery and Digital Engagement teams, following the recommendations...
...data will help citizens to make choices about their services and better enable them to converse and collaborate with Government. The Coalition Agreement stated that the Government will “create a...
...Martha Lane Fox’s report Directgov 2010 and Beyond: Revolution Not Evolution , his role in finding efficiency savings in the public sector’s use of technology and the future for digital...
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