Creating the conditions for transformation
Creating the conditions for transformation
CustomerFirst shares early lessons from its work with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
Digital in local government: a case study from Camden Council
There’s huge potential for digital transformation in local government as well as national government.
Registers: authoritative lists you can trust
We’ve mentioned registers a few times on this blog, most recently in relation to the work of the Land Registry building on the steel thread, the brilliant new Companies House public beta, and their importance for building platforms.
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
Three months ago, when I was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office, one of the first things I wanted to do was visit GDS. I'd worked with GDS over recent...
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
...Mayank Prakash at DWP, and Sarah Wilkinson at HO amongst them. As we continue to develop the Digital and Technology profession in government there can only be more opportunity for...
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
...of our economy – for example, a lot of the food we eat and the clothes we wear originate from outside the UK. Government operations at the border are there...
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