How we let GOV.UK Notify users set their own branding
How we let GOV.UK Notify users set their own branding
Find out how the Notify team made it quicker and easier for services to add the right logo to their emails and letters.
Podcast: Improving navigation on GOV.UK
When was the last time you noticed any changes to GOV.UK? We share how and why we’ve updated its homepage and menu bars.
Podcast: Understanding the complexity of users' lives
Why build a product people won't or can't use? Our user researchers share their approach to understanding needs for government’s single sign-on.
Podcast: How to start a career in tech
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The GDS Team, Posted on:
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Digital, Data and Technology, GDS team, People and skills, Podcast
Three developers from the Government Digital Service discuss common misconceptions about tech careers, and how to get started.
Join the user research panel for GDS products and services
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Andy Parker - Senior User Researcher for GOV.UK Notify, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms, GOV.UK Notify, GOV.UK Pay, Service design, User research
We’re launching a new way for civil and public servants to help us iterate the Government Digital Service’s digital products and services.
GDS is 10: we’re ready for our next chapter
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Tom Read - Chief Executive Officer, Government Digital Service and The GDS Team, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills, Transformation
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is turning 10. Watch as team members share - in 10 seconds or less - what excites them most about what’s coming next.
One Login for Government: December 2021 update
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Natalie Jones - Director of Digital Identity, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Identity Assurance, Service design, User research
In this blogpost, we address the GDS approach to identity checking and our delivery plan for a new system - Natalie Jones, Director of Digital Identity explains.
Podcast: Maps in services
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The GDS Team, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Digital Service Platforms, Podcast, Service design
Colleagues from the GOV.UK Design System and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs discuss how teams can help make maps in public services better.
Why we think online HTML forms are usually better than document-based forms in government
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Iain Boyd - Engagement Lead for GOV.UK Forms, Government Digital Service, Harry Vos - Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK Forms, Government Digital Service and Hannah Cooper - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, Transformation
From an initial comparison of different forms technologies, we believe more teams should be using online HTML forms.
Podcast: How our Site Reliability Engineers migrated GOV.UK Pay
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The GDS Team, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms, Podcast, Transformation, Ways of working
Wondered how to migrate a 24/7 product to a serverless platform? We chat about initial user research, developing DevOps skills and the benefits of GDS's approach to this type of tech project.
We’ve created a new guide for content design recruitment
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Jane van de Ban - Lead Content Designer for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, People and skills
GDS is a great place to be a content designer. We’ve written a recruitment guide to help you make your application.
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