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.
Weekend links: celebrating International Women's Day
...with Women Techmakers today between 3pm and 6pm for the Women Techmakers Summit at Campus London. GDS's Head of Content Design, Sarah Richards, shares her thoughts on women in technology....
User research - a day in the life
...One of the things that we made for SPRINT GO was these user research activity cards. We wanted to give people something tangible to go away with that would inspire...
Every day we write the book: an incomplete history of civil service authors for World Book Day
Today is World Book Day, so we thought it would be fun to look back through history and find out about some civil servants who dabbled as authors on the side.
New Transport for GOV.UK
You may not have noticed, but we recently changed the bit that says 'GOV.UK' in the black banner that appears across the website.
Guest post: A year on GOV.UK - HMRC's experience
Robin Riley, HMRC Head of Digital Engagement and project lead for HMRC’s corporate content on GOV.UK. This week marks exactly one year since HMRC moved its corporate web presence to...
Report a misleading website to search engines
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Government services have been getting a growing number of complaints from people who feel misled by websites which charge for access to public services that are either free or much...
Weekend links: Oscars news, style guidance, red lines and more
...to mark the First World War Centenary. Over on the Inside Gov blog, Sarah Richards talks about style guidance. And finally, this week the Northern Lights were visible in some...
What kind of things do people ask?
...contacts. It has come down almost every week since launch. You're making the improvements that make it less necessary for people to actually contact us, that they can just get...
The end of the beginning for GOV.UK
A project team in GDS is working to make sure GOV.UK can meet the needs of all its users, including specialists and professionals, when it becomes a fully-realised “single domain for government” later this year. Neil Williams, who leads the …
Red lines for IT procurement
In January, the government published some ‘red lines’ for IT contracts. At the time, Bill Crothers, the government Chief Procurement Officer, described the reasoning behind them. These rules apply to all central government, and should encourage competition whilst delivering value …
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