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.
A new home for the GDS blog
...and how we could improve on it. You can comment below, send us a tweet or find our contact and email information here. However you want to get in touch,...
Going ‘live’ with the Service Standard
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Mark McLeod - former Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
The Digital by Default Service Standard has been running as a beta for almost a year now, but formally comes into force in April. Now that we’ve run over 40 assessments, we thought it was time to summarise what we’ve …
A checklist for digital inclusion - if we do these things, we’re doing digital inclusion
As with most of our work at the Government Digital Service, we release things early for review and comment. The digital inclusion team, set up last year, would like to share and get your feedback on an alpha version of …
Iterating our support for service managers
...to 8 days with us at Aviation House, taking part in sessions on putting users first, being agile, and building the team; as well as more specialist topics such as...
What are we doing about accessibility?
Joshua Marshall is Head of Accessibility at GDS. Just before Christmas, we sat him down for a short chat about his work. In Joshua’s opinion, the single most important thing GDS has done to improve accessibility across government is “change …
When will more people visit GOV.UK using a mobile or tablet than a PC?
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK, Transformation
Yesterday the BBC published data showing more people accessing iPlayer via tablet than via computer. This prompted me to update some of the data I gathered for the government's agreed approach to mobile last this time last year. The objective of the UK government's digital …
Half a billion views on GOV.UK
...services. We'll keep working tirelessly to make things better, and here's to the next half a billion. Join the conversation on Twitter: @GDSteam and sign up for email alerts. You...
Accessing GOV.UK information for the gaming generation
...- join the conversation on Twitter @GDSteam, and sign up for email alerts here. You may also be interested in: Half a billion views on GOV.UK Strategy and delivery, one...
Transactions Explorer: latest release of data
Today, we updated the Transactions Explorer, our tool for tracking performance data for the government’s transactional services.
Strategy and delivery, one year on
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, GDS team, Transformation
...and using the services we’re building. At the Code for America summit, I said that all this work isn’t about changing government websites, it’s about changing government. All of this...
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