Podcast: The Data Standards Authority
The Data Standards Authority (DSA) launched several pieces of guidance last month. We’ve invited experts from the Government Digital Service and the Office for National Statistics to explain what data standards are, why they’re important, and what the DSA plans to do in this month’s podcast.
Introducing GOV.UK Accounts
...could login already, and that trend will only continue. We want to unify this experience - not to create an ‘uber CRM’ for the government - but to give users...
As social media changes, so does GDS’s Playbook
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
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
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?
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.
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