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.
Giving the manual some style
Over the last couple of weeks keen followers of the service manual will have noticed a few changes to some of the guidance. Along with publishing pieces like the assisted digital action plan and the guidance on increasing digital take-up …
How we've been improving site search on GOV.UK
In the past few weeks, a small team in the Government Digital Service has been working to make significant improvements to site search on GOV.UK. When GOV.UK came out of beta in October 2012, replacing the Directgov and Business Link …
Empowering everyday readers
...bulleted and numbered lists for continuous prose including motivation statements that encourage people to complete complex tasks when they are ‘reading to do’. One of the reasons that GOV.UK is...
2012/13 Savings: Better for Less
...principles we’ve now enshrined in the Technology Code of Practice. We look to break down large contracts to encourage competition. We always look to use commodity services across government. We...
This week at GDS
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...to be transformed end-to-end in the next 18 months. They're happening all over the UK, in DVLA in Swansea, in Student Loans in Glasgow, in Newcastle, in Preston, and in...
Getting up to Standard
The Government Digital Strategy says that all new or redesigned digital services will meet the Digital by Default Service Standard from April 2014. Before then, GDS is using the standard to support the Cabinet Office spending controls, to deepen knowledge of …
Moving on from GDS
I've been Creative Lead on the design team at GDS for the last two years, and I'm really thrilled about my next step. On Monday I'm joining the design team at Twitter. I've been asked to write a blog post …
Reforming governance in government technology
We announced in March that we would reform the governance of our technology provision in central government. We need a simpler, clearer model of governance based on user needs. Those users are our colleagues as well as citizens and this …
Benefits of diversity
...similar in one of those other languages would require many more lines of code (compare the Scala and Go versions); more lines of code increases the chance of errors. minimising...
Identity Assurance: Maintaining Good Practice
On Friday (31 May) we published a new version of the Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 – Identity Proofing and Verification of an Individual. It can be found on the Cabinet Office site together with the full set of previously …
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