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.
Accessibility advice when creating a UK government consultation
Posted by:
Alistair Duggin - former Head of Accessibility, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accessibility
...to show more clearly what would be affected. 'Summary’ went to ‘What is this consultation for?’ and ‘Timescale’ changed to ‘When the changes are planned to happen’. Ideally, a content...
What’s happening with the service standard?
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Stephen Gill - Content Lead for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Service design
...‘Government Service Standard’. It’s significant because we want it to be useful to the whole of government. The Government Transformation Strategy is committed to delivering joined up, end to end...
Second round of GovTech Catalyst challenges revealed
A look at the next 5 successful challenges to get funding and the public sector problems the Catalyst hopes to solve.
Tips on how to set up and maintain your own community
...It seemed unfair for people at more technologically open departments to leave the others behind. And we did not want to force people onto personal devices to connect to channels...
Hey GOV.UK, what are you doing about voice?
Posted by:
Sam Dub - Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Mark Hurrell, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, GOV.UK
With almost a quarter of all search queries on Android devices currently spoken, here's more detail on the work we've been doing to meet the emerging needs of voice assistant users and make government more accessible.
We’ve updated our Social Media Playbook
Posted by:
Louise Mullan - former Community Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, Ways of working
...we can regularly update it to reflect the constantly evolving social media landscape. It’s our way of promoting best practice and our recommendations, but it’s not intended to be an...
Building a cross-government service design community
Posted by:
Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Service design
There are around 50 service designers currently working across government. Here's how we set up our community to talk about our work, share ideas and spot opportunities for collaboration - and how you can join in.
How we use Instagram at GDS
Posted by:
Louise Mullan - former Community Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, Ways of working
...use it with other channels I’ve talked about how we can use Instagram as a standalone channel, but it’s also really important to think about how it links to your...
Engaging UK suppliers in the Global Digital Marketplace
...economies and create new opportunities in overseas markets. Since then, we have visited 6 countries to assess the feasibility of working with them, and we discussed our ambitions with digital,...
Why GOV.UK content should be published in HTML and not PDF
Posted by:
Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accessibility, Content design, GOV.UK
We're not huge fans of PDFs on GOV.UK. We hope this post will help publishers explain to colleagues the problems with using them and support moving towards an HTML-first culture.
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