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.
Podcast: Improving government services with GOV.UK step by step navigation
...can subscribe to the GDS podcast on Apple Music, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read a transcript of the podcast on Podbean. Subscribe for blog updates....
Goodbye GDS, “Hello, World!”
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills, Transformation
When I joined GDS as Director General nearly 3 years ago, I said I wanted to strengthen and accelerate our work to help transform government and improve public services for citizens. For me personally, it’s mission accomplished.
What the multi-disciplinary GovTech Catalyst team has learned one year on
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Ian Tester - former Head of Product for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, GDS team
...is run by a multidisciplinary team of 7 people at the Government Digital Service (GDS). Alongside my role, there are 2 engagement leads, a content designer, a service designer, a...
People, not technology, enable innovation
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills, Transformation
...We run courses on agile methodology for practitioners and policy makers. The GDS Academy’s recently launched Emerging Technology Development Programme offers in-depth training in subjects like artificial intelligence, virtual reality...
Crowdsourcing guidance on what good services look like
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Louise Miller - Senior Content Designer, Government Digital Service and Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Service design, Transformation
In this post, we talk about how we crowdsourced knowledge, ideas and expertise to define what a good service looks like. Find out how we did it and why we need your feedback.
Guest post: Adapting the GOV.UK Design System for the NHS
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Tim Paul - Head of Interaction Design, Government Digital Service and Dean Vipond - Lead Designer, NHS Digital, Posted on:
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Transformation, Ways of working
In this guest post, Dean Vipond, lead designer at NHS Digital, describes how they adapted the GOV.UK Design System for use in their health and care services.
Podcast: How the Global Digital Marketplace is helping to tackle corruption, a $2.6 trillion problem
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/k4ed8s/19-05-28_edit3_Global_Digital_Marketplace_Ep9_Warren_Smith_Chantal_Donaldson-Foyer_mixdown.mp3 In the latest episode of the GDS podcast, senior writer Sarah Stewart talks to Chantal Donaldson-Foyer, Head of Product, and Warren Smith, Programme Director, about the Global Digital...
Improving the government’s identity standards
The government identity standards help public and private sector organisations know that their users are who they say they are. This minimises fraud and error that can cost organisations, and the taxpayer, significant amounts of money. In this post, we talk about the work we're doing to improve the standards and make them easier to use.
Accessibility update: sample accessibility statement, monitoring and enforcement
New regulations mean that public sector websites and mobile apps will soon have a legal duty to meet accessibility requirements. In this blog post, we talk about what we're doing to help you meet the requirements.
How GOV.UK Notify is helping local authorities improve their services
...council tax. Dacorum estimate that this saved residents over £22,000 in legal fees. Based on this success, Dacorum’s waste collection team has started using Notify too. Providing a free service...
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