Government Digital Service

User needs and revolutions

Padma Gillen, 23 April 2014 - User research

In 2010, Martha Lane Fox (the UK’s Digital Champion at the time) completed her review of the government’s web offering.

Weekend links: Next Generation Testing, UK Trade and Investment, and more

, 19 April 2014 - GDS team

...and Investment to the platform this week. The DVSA have launched the Next Generation Testing (NGT) pilot in South Wales, Hereford and parts of the Midlands. There were some interesting...

GOV.UK hosting - simpler, clearer, faster

, 17 April 2014 - GOV.UK

...traffic and push it into this new stack, and get a feel for how it would operate. And 2 hours 28 minutes to complete Bob Walker: "Production is green." "According...

Digital Inclusion Strategy launches today

Kathy Settle, 14 April 2014 - Digital strategy

...Departments. If you are part of an organisation that is interested in getting further involved or interested in signing up to the charter contact the digital inclusion team at digital-inclusion@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk....

Getting approval for agile spending

David Wilks, 11 April 2014 - Transformation

Today, GDS and HM Treasury publish new clarification of business case guidance. We needed to explain how government organisations get permission to spend money on agile work.

The Performance Platform: open for business

Richard Sargent, 7 April 2014 - Data

The Performance Platform is a tool for government to answer the question ‘how are we doing?’. At present, the important facts are not accessible to the right people, at the right time, in the right way.

Weekend links: Environment Agency blog, weeknotes, interning at FCO and more

, 5 April 2014 - GDS team

If you find a link you think we'd like, message us @GDSTeam Take a look at the recently launched Environment Agency blog. Learn about work experience opportunities at the Foreign...