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.
Meet the IT network team
...growing organisation, that means that the network’s also growing. An exemplar for government Paul Collman We set out trying to build our network environment and build our Macs for a...
Making things open, making things better
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...to read government documents people working in government to be able to share their work more easily (we think sharing is a good thing: one of our design principles is...
What’s the design process at GDS?
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Ben Terrett - former Director of Design, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GDS team, Service design
...All of the designers can code or are learning to code. We call ourselves the Design Team because it's important to belong to a group with shared skills and experiences....
Prison visit booking: using digital analytics to inform alpha development
...visit booking team used their digital analytics to improve the service design was by uploading the number of slots selected to their digital analytics tool using whats called a custom...
Some interesting things about digital transformation
...together a selection of interesting posts on the subject of digital transformation, starting with a short video introducing the transformation team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkcZMGARsuc Explaining the discovery, beta and alpha phases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVX1BT0oxWU...
Making prison visits easier to book
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...service has made a real difference. It’s given them a picture of how future prison services could be run. But it’s just a first step along a much longer path....
What we mean when we say "service transformation"
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
There's a letter that gets sent out to some elderly people who make claims for Carer's Allowance. It opens with these two sentences: We have decided that you meet the...
How we make films at GDS
We've made quite a few films in the last year or two. Recently, a few people have got in touch to ask how we do it. The long answer to that is very long.
Find us elsewhere online
As well as this blog, GDS has a small selection of accounts on various social media networks and other web services, and we thought it would be useful to publish a list of them here.
The tricky topic of governance
When we're working with the 25 exemplar services, the transformation team often get asked how to govern service delivery in an agile world.
Related content and links
Be part of the transformation
If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
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