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.
As social media changes, so does GDS’s Playbook
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Vanessa Burke - former Senior Channels and Community Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Content design, GDS team, People and skills
New social media platforms and trends, and trends on these platforms, spring up all the time. To keep users of the GDS Social Media Playbook informed, Vanessa Schneider highlights key changes and updates.
Developers lead cross-government collaboration on GOV.UK Notify
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Liz Catherall - Delivery Manager, Department for International Trade, Posted on:
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GOV.UK Notify, Ways of working
DIT’s data team explain how working in the open resulted in improvements to the GOV.UK Notify service.
Leading the digital, data and technology (DDaT) response to coronavirus
Chris Ferguson, Director of National, International, Research, Service Design and Assurance and DDaT COVID-19 Hub at the Government Digital Service, takes stock of how we responded to coronavirus (COVID-19) to date, and reflects on how GDS's past paved the way.
Promoting gender equality and social inclusion through public procurement
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Iain Boyd - Engagement Lead for GOV.UK Forms, Government Digital Service, Sabrina Martin, Connie McKimm and Scarlet George, Posted on:
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Global Digital Marketplace
The Global Digital Marketplace team and partners at Oxford Insights explain how governments can reform public procurement, making it more inclusive whilst opening up supply chains, giving access to marginalised communities and driving economic growth.
How we built and ran ‘Introduction to content design’, and how to sign up
...us prepare the next iteration of the course ready for the September run. Here are some of the things we learnt. Content design is not just for content designers We...
Podcast: Content Design
Content design lets users understand exactly what they need to do and when. It’s a way of translating complex policy into an easy to understand format. Learn more about content design and how its helped government in this month’s podcast.
Digital, data and technology (DDaT) senior leadership changes
Alex Chisholm, Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, gives an update on senior leadership changes in the digital, data and technology (DDaT) profession.
Can GOV.UK Notify help the public sector write better emails, text messages and letters?
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Karl Chillmaid - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK Notify, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK Notify, User research
The GOV.UK Notify team wants to use content design to save the public sector time and money. We’re looking for volunteers to help us work out how.
Podcast: The DDaT Fast Stream at GDS
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The GDS Team, Posted on:
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Digital, Data and Technology, People and skills, Podcast
The Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream is one of 15 Civil Service Fast Stream schemes. Listen to July’s episode of the GDS Podcast to hear from current and former participants in the scheme, reflecting on their experiences.
Larger, Better, Faster, Stronger: GOV.UK Pay’s progress in the last year
Find out about GOV.UK Pay’s progress in the last year to support large services and lower-tech services to move payments online, and what we’re looking at in the future.
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Leading Government Digital and Data
