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.
What about people who aren't online?
...17th July to answer it. Assisted digital workshop at Sprint Alpha Rebecca Kemp and Richard Smith kicked off the workshop by outlining the two projects GDS and departments are working...
This week at GDS
Mike Beaven talks about how GDS has been helping Technology in Business fast streamers learn about coding and design, the beta release of the employment tribunal fee service and the...
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
...When asked what site they were using, people just said “GOV.UK”. “Inside Government” did not feature in their mental model of the site at all. When we then drew users’...
This week at GDS
...more Foreign and Commonwealth Office services now moved onto the platform. This week Mike went up to Scotland to meet the Student Loans Company, one of the 25 exemplar transformation...
Working with govt.nz
The New Zealand Government Online team has released a sneak preview of their new beta, designed to replace newzealand.govt.nz. Their design mockups look vaguely familiar: Several GOV.UK makers have given the team advice, covering everything from department directory data to …
FAQs: why we don’t have them
We are often asked to put content in Frequently Asked Question format (FAQs). They’re a popular convention on the web, but we don’t recommend them and here’s why: They’re too...
The GOV.UK homepage - our latest version
Today we release the latest version of the GOV.UK homepage. Since the last major revision of the page (which Ben wrote about last year), dozens of ministerial departments and other government organisations have joined GOV.UK. Our new homepage makes it …
Three cities, one alpha, one day
...then take that feedback; we’ll make some changes. Angela Jackson, head of product management at Land Registry: [to a service user] If you imagine Land Registry has launched this service...
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