Starting with discovery: Department Transformation
...out if shared platforms will transform these user journeys. If we can make building blocks of code and functionality that can be re-used more widely across government, this can help...
Being a GDS technical architect - the first few weeks
...We interviewed the owner of an MOT station, and drivers who had bought and sold vehicles. We learned about their interactions with the government and existing systems, and how these...
Congratulations, Companies House
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
Congratulations to the team at Companies House for taking their new free information service into public beta today. Their Chief Executive Tim Moss has just published a blog post, saying:...
Two blog posts we liked
...describes that as a team moving from project thinking (where the focus is on time and budget), through to product thinking (focus on users and shippable code) to service thinking...
Preparing for Government as a Platform
...writing posts on this blog to document what they’re working on and what they’ve learned so far. Follow Felicity on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts....
All aboard: 18 months of assisted digital
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Roxanne Asadi and Alan Rider - former Assisted Digital Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility
...digital services (yes they exist and no, they’re not all elderly). I was part of a new team, brought in to work alongside the Transformation programme to support services to...
Shorter, but just as sweet - the revised and updated Digital Service Standard
Following feedback from all over government, and working with a host of internal teams here at GDS, we are pleased to announce the new, revised Digital Service Standard. The Service...
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
...can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/election2015. This page will be available once Parliament dissolves on Monday 30 March. While we're on the subject of elections, don't forget to register to vote....
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