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.
Gov, where’s my stuff?
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Pete Herlihy - former Lead Product Manager for GOV.UK Notify, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms
We want to see how platforms can improve the way people communicate with government. As part of this, we’re starting discovery work on status tracking and notifications.
Common Technology Services: technology is a tool, not a barrier
The technology you use to do your job should help you achieve more. When it doesn’t it’s frustrating.
Defra's opening up its data
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Technology
...a few weeks, that entire data set will be available for free, as open data, to everyone and anyone who wants it. This is just a small part of Defra’s...
Mapping new ideas for the digital justice system
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms
We've talked a lot about the preparation work we're doing for Government as a Platform.
GDS mission - the next phase
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The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, former Minister of State for Digital, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms, GDS team
...I look forward to leading it at Ministerial level, and driving the transformation across Government that our citizens expect. Follow Matt on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for...
Keep calm and carry on
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Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...we are now. As soon as we’ve got more news or updates we’ll let you know, as we always do here on this blog. And as we say around here:...
Digital take up - It’s not just channel shift
Dave Worley, a digital take-up advisor at GDS, describes how we are helping services across government to encourage users to use the digital service. Point 14 of the Digital Service...
Mapping the border as users see it
...for example: I thought it would be fine showing up at the airport with the paperwork, but it’s confusing about where to go and what you need to do. In...
Better services with patterns and standards
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Lou Downe - former Director for Design and Service Standards, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms
...using platforms and registers to build better services. As Matt Edgar wrote recently, most of government is mostly service design most of the time. Sadly, a large chunk of this...
User research for government around the world
Here at GDS we are privileged to meet digital teams from around the world, and we often stay in touch well after our first meeting.
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