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.
GDS this week: "It's not dumbing down, it's opening up"
...one I actually bet everyone in the room a million pounds they would hear, is that they'd be told they were dumbing down at some point. It always blows the...
Flood Hack: developing solutions
...in newly-formed teams, scrawling wireframes on paper and typing out lines of code. I’ll admit I’m a veteran of hack days, but this one was special to me; it was...
Weekend links - flood help, social sharing, beautiful data and more
Got a link you think we'll love? Share it with us on Twitter: @GDSTeam A recent survey by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills suggests a sharp rise in...
DVLA, we salute you
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
My first visit to meet DVLA in Swansea back in the summer of 2012 filled me with hope. I met Carolyn Williams MBE, who runs DVLA's tax disc service. She...
GDS this week: Innovating with SMEs and fast track apprentices
...with government departments like DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency). During the visit, the View driving record service was demo'd by Rohan Gye, Iain Patterson and Dudley Ashford of DVLA....
Guest Post: Clarity is king – the evidence that reveals the desperate need to re-think the way we write
Mark Morris is Head of Clear English at the Department of Health and a former speechwriter for the Health Secretary. Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is. So said Publilius Syrus, about two …
Weekend links
...Year of Code - encouraging people across the country to get coding for the first time. Find out more about how we use github on our technology blog. The GDS...
How to find all the maps published on GOV.UK
Government does a lot of stuff with maps, and if you like maps you might like to know about this clever trick for finding every single one that gets published on GOV.UK. Start off at the Publications page, which by …
Sharing Sprint 14
With Sprint 14 now behind us, we wanted to share Baroness Martha Lane Fox's opening speech, and the presentations and workshops given on the day. Martha used her talk to remind everyone how far we've already come in our mission …
Striking a balance between security and usability
Last year our boss Mike Bracken talked at the Code for America Summit in San Francisco, and spoke about the need to strike a balance between usability and security. There is a point beyond which over-zealous security gets in the …
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