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.
Launching the Digital, Data and Technology Functional Standard
...a different job from technical standards like the Technology Code of Practice and Service Standard. If functional standards set out what functions should do and why, technical standards describe how...
Podcast: Celebrating 2 years of the Local Digital Declaration
The Local Digital Declaration celebrates its second birthday on 4 July. Listen to June’s episode of the GDS Podcast to find out how it started, how it connects people and how it helps local government organisations build digital services and platforms.
How the GovTech Catalyst is helping to grow the GovTech sector
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Harry Vos - Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK Forms, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy
We are reflecting on the impact of our experimental first phase of the GovTech Catalyst. We found promising solutions to some of the hardest public sector challenges. After a successful first phase, we have started releasing £1 million of funds to each of the public sector teams starting Phase 2.
What we learnt from the first phase of the GovTech Catalyst
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Harry Vos - Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK Forms, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, Service design, Technology
We finished the experimental first phase of the GovTech Catalyst, which helped us learn where emerging technologies can add value. We learnt this in collaboration with smaller technology companies. In our next phase, we will see prototypes develop into testable products.
Introducing the GOV.UK Data Labs
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Ganesh Senthi - Lead Product Manager for GOV.UK Data Labs, Government Digital Service and Mat Gregory - Lead Data Scientist for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, GOV.UK
The digital world is rapidly changing, and with it, GOV.UK users' expectations of how they should be interacting with our services and information. Data Labs is a newly formed multi-disciplinary team, passionate about using data in innovative ways to fulfil our users' needs and expectations.
What happened on Global Accessibility Awareness Day at GDS
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Rianna Fry - former Senior Campaigns Manager, Government Digital Service and Richard Morton - Head of Accessibility, Central Digital and Data Office, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Events
GDS celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day on 21 May. Read the blog post to find out how the day went and watch all the webinars back.
Update on the future of GOV.UK
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Jen Allum - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...Checker. Departments provided (and continue to provide) transactional services on specific issues, like renewing a passport, getting a driving license or paying your tax. GDS is now providing transactional services...
Podcast: A spotlight on GOV.UK Notify
May’s episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast is a deepdive into GOV.UK Notify. Pete Herlihy, Lead Product Manager at GDS, talks about the product and hears from 3 guests who use GOV.UK Notify in different ways.
Doing community management for @GOVUK Twitter during COVID-19
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Vanessa Burke - former Senior Channels and Community Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Ways of working
Recently we've been blogging a lot about how coronavirus has changed operations within government. Here we share how we changed our community management techniques to cope with the huge increase of user queries and what our top tips to other organisations are.
How Government as a Platform is meeting challenges posed by coronavirus
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Miriam Raines - former Product Manager for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service and Mark Buckley - former Product Manager for GOV.UK PaaS, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms, GOV.UK, GOV.UK Notify, GOV.UK Pay
Many public sector organisations are feeling pressure on their services because of coronavirus. Read about the products that Government as a Platform offers that help continue essential delivery of services, and support the development of new services required by the situation.
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