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GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

GOV.UK Wallet Building momentum, working in partnership

GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

An update about GOV.UK Wallet and our engagement with the technology sector.

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A short film about accelerated property possession

Posted by: James Holloway, Posted on: 27 October 2014 - Categories: Transformation

As we announced in August, it's now possible to make an accelerated property possession online. The service lets a property owner evict a tenant at the end of a tenancy...

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The move to GOV.UK: training 1,000 writers

Posted by: Christine Cawthorne, Posted on: 23 October 2014 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK
Content training for GOV.UK

...We’ve provided training, support and access to more than 1,000 writers across government, who have published more than 120,000 pieces of content to the site. The word about user needs...

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It's all about trust - auditing local government domains

Posted by: Evans Bissessar, Posted on: 21 October 2014 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK
It's all about trust - auditing local government domains

...used for - we will also never allow a non-public sector organisation to register with our gov.uk domain. As part of this and if an authority has a number of...

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Happy birthday GOV.UK

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 17 October 2014 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK
GOV.UK is 2 years old

...when we needed it. And of course there's Martha Lane Fox. Not just because she wrote the report that started it all, but because she's been a constant source of...

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Building digital civic infrastructure from the ground up

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 15 October 2014 - Categories: Transformation
Presentations with Mike Bracken

...the process before can’t figure out what they need to do. The existing form needs three pages of complicated explanation for a six page form, and people still can’t work...

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Combining user research and analytics to improve the user experience

Posted by: Charlotte Clancy and Lana Gibson, Posted on: 10 October 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK
GOV.UK, Charlotte Clancy sticky notes - Rachel Singh

Over the last year or so, we’ve been working on moving the websites of 311 government agencies and arms length bodies onto GOV.UK, as part of the transition towards a single online platform for all government services.

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When is it ok not to open all source code?

Posted by: James Stewart, Posted on: 8 October 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK, GOV.UK One Login, Technology

To meet the Digital By Default Service Standard, digital services have to ‘make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences.

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A new way to view your driving licence info online

Posted by: Sally Meecham, Posted on: 7 October 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK, Transformation

View your driving licence information is a new digital service from DVLA. It's a simpler, clearer and faster way to view your driving information online.

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New paths opened as Transport Direct closes down

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 3 October 2014 - Categories: Digital strategy
Transport Direct screenshot

...browser, every time you plan a journey, switch on your satnav, or buy a train ticket. Government should do only the things that only government can do. In this case,...

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Self-assessment - training assessors across government

Posted by: Tom Scott, Posted on: 2 October 2014 - Categories: Service design
Service assessment training across government

A few weeks ago GDS hosted the latest training session for Digital by Default (DbD) assessors. There were over 50 attendees from across government - the largest assessor training session we have run so far.

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