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.
Service standard - how’s it going?
...These include user research and assisted digital. The GDS user research and assisted digital teams are working closely with departments to support them in building the capability to be able...
Vertical campfires: our user research walls
...parts of the transaction. Most importantly, everything is constantly discussed, pulled apart and updated by the project team, not just the user researchers. User research is after all, a team...
Say the dot
Back in May, we wrote a short post explaining why we write the name of our website as GOV.UK, in capitals, and the URL as www.gov.uk, so that people know it’s a URL
5 live - Civil Claims
On Wednesday Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Digital’s Civil Claims service removed its orange beta banner and became the latest exemplar to go live. It joins Electoral registration, Renew a patent,...
100 technical hires
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...for government before, largely by tapping into candidates’ latent desire to do something for public good. Being able to show them the impact teams like GDS and MOJ digital services...
How sharing helps us improve digital services
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...that's being written by the team here. Sharing works both ways. If one team shares code, another team benefits. Today it’s a couple of teams in the Home Office, tomorrow...
You can now renew a patent online
If you hold a UK or European (GB) patent, you can now renew it more quickly and easily using a simple online service. Here's a very short film we've made...
Helping government find user needs with analytics
Over the last couple of months we’ve run search engine optimisation and analytics workshop sessions for content designers in government departments and agencies.
Our first video production workshop
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Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...front of three different cameras, so we could compare the footage from each. The cameras were, from cheap to expensive: a smartphone with an external microphone (iPhone 4 & Rode...
Inspiring teenagers: getting schools to beat bogus websites
Recently, GDS took part in the Whitehall Schools Conference. The conference is for bright 12-13 year olds from underrepresented backgrounds, and shows them the career opportunities available to them in...
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If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
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