How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
What we learned from user research with the public on completing PDF and online forms.
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
Highlights: The 1000th code release on GOV.UK - that's about seven every working day. We also created a team within HMRC to extend the way we've been working out into departments. At our big monthly team meeting on Wednesday we …
Latest update to the Transactions Explorer
Today we released our third major update to the Transactions Explorer tool. The complete list shows the breadth of transactional services provided by the government, from tax-based transactions with volumes in the millions per year, to applications to burn heather …
Open Standards Board sets the direction
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Linda Humphries - former Senior Technology Adviser, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy
The first meeting of the newly formed Open Standards Board took place on Thursday last week (9 May). Liam Maxwell, the Government’s Chief Technology Officer, chaired the meeting writes Linda Humphries. I am enormously grateful to all of the members …
Licensing dashboards launch on the Performance Platform
Phil Buckley, Product Manager of the Performance Platform, writes: I’m very proud to announce the latest release of the Performance Platform. Building on the performance statistics we have for GOV.UK, this release powers the dashboards for all the different Licences, …
How GDS is working to help small businesses
David Thorpe writes in response to yesterday's report by Lord Young on support for smaller businesses. Yesterday Lord Young released Growing Your Business, the second instalment of his report on small firms. The report looks at ways to help small …
This week at GDS
Highlights: Progress this week on a new supplier framework, approaching launch around the end of this month, which will provide the whole of government with access to a broader range of digital and agile suppliers. GDS have also been working …
Analysing the format of Inside Government's Policies
I’ve recently been embedded with the Inside Government team to work on understanding user behaviour through data analysis. One of my first tasks was to investigate the way that policies are being used and to identify any interesting or notable …
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
Highlights: A very big week, as we marked the 24th and last of the ministerial departments moving to Inside Gov. The numbers that describe the volume of activity over the last six months are incredible - and thanks go to …
User testing at DVLA
We’re learning a lot about users as we work with more teams outside GDS. Jamie Trollope from the Customer Insight and Diversity Team at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) writes about what they’ve discovered during some recent user …
The story of GOV.UK so far, in pictures
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
Earlier this week the the final ministerial department joined GOV.UK. This isn't the end of the GOV.UK story; in fact it's barely the end of the beginning. But today is still a big moment, the result of commitment and collaboration …
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