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...
Happy birthday GOV.UK
...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...
Building digital civic infrastructure from the ground up
...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...
Combining user research and analytics to improve the user experience
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.
When is it ok not to open all source code?
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.
A new way to view your driving licence info online
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.
New paths opened as Transport Direct closes down
...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,...
Self-assessment - training assessors 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.
Liam Maxwell commits to CTO post until 2018
...as Chief Technology Officer for government until at least 2018. That's good news for all sorts of reasons. Liam is famous around government for waving his phone at people. Wrapped...
The Public Guardian on agile development
You hear the word agile in government a lot these days. And not only within the teams making digital services. Agile development is a way to make software. We build...
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