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.
Designing assisted digital with the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
We’ve started a project with the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design about how assisted digital support can meet the needs of older people. Peter Ziegler is leading the project and is a specialist in design research in older people and …
This week at GDS
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...a great deal in bringing young coders to get them to look at government and how to improve government services. We’ve actually recruited from that pool as a result over...
Learning from assessments
We've learnt a lot about assessing services over the last few months. James Kemp, acting Service Manager for passport appointment booking at HM Passport Office, attended one of the early assessments and we asked him to write about the experience. …
Organ donation and A/B testing
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...enjoy a long weekend. But what if a user needed an organ transplant? Amongst many other priorities, they'd want as many people as possible to register with the NHS Organ...
Digital learning day
A couple of weeks ago, at Manchester TechHub, we held our first digital learning day for the Technology in Business (TiB) Fast Stream; one of the fast stream schemes helping to create digital leaders of the future. The day was …
What about people who aren't online?
...forward digital inclusion projects, and by working with departments to build digital inclusion into their policy development; developing the evidence base on ‘what works’ in digital inclusion, and using this...
This week at GDS
...last week and did a session with them. Also, on Monday we had another one of our exemplars move into a public-facing beta. The employment tribunal fee service was launched...
Performance dashboards released for six FCO services
Last week we released performance dashboards for six Foreign & Commonwealth Office services, including payment for registering births, marriages and deaths abroad.
The Smart Answer Bug
...check whether any code issues were present in that particular release. The reason behind the second point is a little more subtle. In general, the engagement should be independent of...
On dropping the name “Inside Government” from GOV.UK
...did in yesterday’s release, felt a lot like killing one of our darlings. “Inside Government” has been the name for the government section of GOV.UK since the beta launched in...
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