Participate in Services Week 2020

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A woman holding a phone while looking at posters for Services Week 2020. She looks at one poster saying ‘Check & contribute to the agenda’, which includes an internet address to the open agenda: bit.ly/SWagenda

After a successful first edition in 2019, Services Week returns as a cross-government event series dedicated to end-to-end, user-focused services. Government organisations all across the country will be offering workshops, training, meet-ups and talks. This blog post tells you what to expect and how to participate.

GOV.UK Notify is sending messages for more than 1,500 services across the public sector

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user sitting at a desk using a computer

GOV.UK Notify, the government’s messaging platform, is now used in more than 1,500 services across the public sector. It is open to service teams in central and local government, the NHS and emergency services to communicate quickly, cheaply and reliably with their users.

Measuring the climate impact of our digital services at GDS

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Graphic saying 'GDS CO2 per year is equivalent to 770 cars or 400 homes'

...use data centres from various companies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS). We decided to find out how our data centres source their electricity, and how much CO2 they produce through...

What it’s like to be part of the DDaT Fast Stream and how you can apply

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portraits of Anna and Kevin

...and assurance lead at GDS. And, I’m about to go on secondment for 6 months to the charity Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to work on digital strategy. Below, I talk...