Launching the Local Digital Declaration
...culture, practice and technologies to central government can make government work better for users. This has often involved close collaboration with local authorities who share many of the same organisational...
The importance of creating inclusive government services
The challenges of building effective services for all and some of the work we're doing to make services as inclusive as possible.
Building the GOV.UK of the future
...is something we need to focus on. We need to approach voice services in a consistent and scalable way. So rather than write code for a specific platform, we’re working...
Introducing the GOV.UK Design System
...colours components like checkboxes, buttons and form inputs patterns for common tasks, like asking users for an address or helping them check a service is suitable for them We’ve also...
What makes someone a good digital leader?
...the Government Digital Service reflect on the role that digital leaders can have in transformation and the qualities a good digital leader should have. Simon Everest - Service owner, Standards...
Creating the UK government’s accessibility empathy lab
...in the accessibility lab We want to make sure there are no barriers preventing someone from using something. However, user research conducted in 2016 showed that we could improve awareness...
The same new GDS
...private to public beta. GDS provided us with fantastic support and they helped us develop positive digital change and deliver on this service. An excellent service can only be delivered...
GDS introduces students to Artificial Intelligence at TeenTech City
...game of noughts-and-crosses against the intelligent piece of paper (52 Wins, Losses, 8 Draws). While playing the game, each pair had to work together to follow simple computer code and...
How we worked together to prepare for GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has recently come in to promote transparency around the collection, use and storage of data. In this blog post, we speak to some of the many people across GDS who have been involved in preparing for GDPR.
The first GovTech Fund competition is now live and open for applications
...September: phase 1 contracts awarded 30 September: feedback provided The other 4 winning challenges At GDS’s Sprint 18 event, Oliver Dowden also revealed the other winning challenges of the GovTech...
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