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.
Social Media Playbook - version 2.0
Just over a year ago GDS produced its first Social Media Playbook. This was designed to support community managers coming into GDS to help them learn how we do things and what best practice should look like.
Hello again
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...projects besides. Some teams have already begun posting updates: the GOV.UK Verify team have just published a list of digital services expected to start using GOV.UK Verify in the next...
The pre-election period
...ends on 30 March. Between then and the general election on 7 May is the pre-election period and the Civil Service communicates less, in line with the General Election Guidance....
Government as a Platform: the next phase of digital transformation
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms, GOV.UK
With this parliament drawing to a close, it’s time to take what we’ve learned over the last few years and work out how to pick up the pace of digital transformation in the years to come.
Data as a public asset
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills
...we work across in Government, I believe we are doing outstanding work. Many organisations such as the Office for National Statistics under the leadership of John Pullinger, Paul Maltby’s Government...
Looking back at the exemplars
...fixed deadline. Building these services in agile, iterative ways allows us to do the right thing; improve services if they aren’t ready, before they have an impact on users. We’ll...
Turning the tanker: digital transformation done right
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...explained to me that they’ve adopted a plain English policy across the OPG. But they haven’t just written this policy: they’re living it, delivering ‘Get It Write’ plain English workshops...
Not the HMRC of old
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, Transformation
...their personal tax affairs - 1.2 million have already done so. PAYE for employees - making it easier for people to tell HMRC about changes that affect their tax code...
It’s people who make transformation happen
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...what the Redundancy payments service does is process claims from employees for something called statutory redundancy pay, which is paid from the National Insurance Fund, but it’s a complicated process....
Ready for Live: Digital Self-Assessment
...for about 10 million people. The following short film from some of the team looks at how it will work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb0B5siFo9U&feature=youtu.be This is just one of the services to recently...
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