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.
All crayons left behind - building digital services, not websites for rural payments
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...on users. From edge cases to hedge cases One of the best things about working in an agile way is that we can iterate on what we’ve built to better...
Finishing what we started - transition to GOV.UK
...well over a thousand pages worth of content. Elisse Jones They’ve had to work with their policy teams and the subject matter experts to really change the thinking around is...
Revealing the hidden side of transformation
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Transformation
...a bit like a university campus. It was built to process enormous quantities of paperwork - because of course, that's how things used to be done. But things are changing...
A big week for Companies House
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK, Transformation
...designed summary of public information about that company: its status, registered address, names of directors and secretaries, and a list of filing dates. It’s an impressive start on an important...
Code Club at the Palace
...writing his first piece of code, and school children visiting No 10 to take part in the #HourofCode event. Not to be outdone, here's Minister for Cabinet Office Francis Maude...
Code Club at GDS
...too. Some of the design team have been pairing and shadowing with developers when making prototypes, and others have been taking part in courses run by organisations like Decoded and...
Our GDS user research lab is 6 months old
When we were designing and building our user research lab, we learned a lot about how best to build one. During the past 6 months of running our lab, we've learned even more.
Simpler Carer's Allowance digital service now live
Posted by:
Steve Wood - Service Manager for GovWifi, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Transformation
...that the customer can understand and progress through the claim, giving us the right information to make a quick decision on their application. Pete Desmond We’ve simplified things and cut...
How we organise our film production team
...works for you. Flexible roles Filmmaking, like user research, is a team sport. We usually get a team together for each film, and we take a flexible approach to assigning...
Digital Marketplace: building a digital by default service
...its design and build. All new or redesigned digital services being built in government need to meet the digital by default service standard. Services processing or likely to process over...
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