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GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

GOV.UK Wallet Building momentum, working in partnership

GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

An update about GOV.UK Wallet and our engagement with the technology sector.

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Data literacy: helping non-data specialists make the most of data science

Posted by: Ed Parkes, Posted on: 27 April 2016 - Categories: Data
Pile of sticky notes including phrases like 'programming'; 'data first mind set'; 'domain knowledge'; curiosity' etc

Data science techniques at the heart of government transformation Data literacy has a vital role to play in developing government policy and in delivering services that meet the needs of...

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Communities of people inspiring each other

Posted by: Jock Busuttil, Posted on: 25 April 2016 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
Group of 'product people' from the DWP digital academy #transformingtogether

...like this one and the Government Service Design Manual. There is also a whole heap of knowledge still hidden away in the heads of product managers, service managers, and others...

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When content design meets service design

Posted by: Lucy Hartley, Holly Challenger and Stephen Gill - Content Lead for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 20 April 2016 - Categories: Content design, Service design
Sticky notes on a window - view of Holborn in the background. Notes are asking questions about import and export

...(eg apply, register, or pay for something). With importing and exporting, a lot of the complexity comes from working out whether you need to complete a form - and if...

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Thank you Liam

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 18 April 2016 - Categories: GDS team
Liam Maxwell

...In his new job, Liam will be in charge of coordinating various strands of technology policy across the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) and Cabinet Office. He’ll be...

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What we mean by service design

Posted by: Lou Downe - former Director for Design and Service Standards, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 18 April 2016 - Categories: Service design
Poster on a door - "I want to fish: digital service" - blurred office scene in background

Our aim over this parliament is to transform the relationship between the citizen and state: to transform government, together. Service design is a big part of how we plan to do that

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Where we’re at, and where we’re going

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 8 April 2016 - Categories: People and skills, Transformation

...and Alison and others from FCO to get this register built, and built to the right standard. The register platform is a shared resource for government, and the FCO team...

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Giving clear presentations

Posted by: Matthew Sheret, Posted on: 7 April 2016 - Categories: Content design
Applause slide

Like ‘bunting in the office’ and ‘cake on release days’, ‘slides with big words’ has become one of GDS’s hallmarks. A few weeks on from Sprint 16 I wanted to write about why we encourage that.

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Guest post: looking at the different ways to test content

Posted by: Christine Cawthorne and Emileigh Barnes, Posted on: 6 April 2016 - Categories: Content design, User research
Close up of Yoda (Star Wars)

Today we hear from two content experts sharing their thoughts about testing content. Christine works with GDS as a trainer, and is a content strategist. Emileigh is a lead content...

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Building the service manager community

Posted by: Eddie Davies, Posted on: 4 April 2016 - Categories: Service design
Pile of sticky notes - top one reads "what do you want from GDS?"

Eddie Davies is a service manager at Land Registry. Today he shares the experiences of the first cross-government service manager community meeting. Last week around 40 service managers and colleagues...

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An open letter to our new Advisory Board

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 31 March 2016 - Categories: GDS team
The journey ahead: Matt Hancock MP on stage with a screen reading "the journey ahead" . Photo taken at Sprint 16 GDS event

...help us because you believe in the same things that we believe. We summarise those things in our Design Principles. We are agile. We put users first. Our first few...

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