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.
Digital Britain Two
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) published their Digital Britain Two report, examining the government’s digital by default strategy. In particular, the report took a close look at the strategy...
Welcoming four new departments to Inside Government
This week we have welcomed four new departments to the Inside Government section of GOV.UK: Department for International Development, Department of Health, Home Office and Wales Office.
As seen from the Department...
The move of web content from the Department of Health (DH) to GOV.UK has been a relatively calm experience for the DH team. It’s been extremely busy and quite intense at times but I only had one day of actual …
Licensing on GOV.UK
...meet with users and service managers, listen to their feedback and use it to make improvements. For applicants, we've removed the need for Government Gateway registration and made the process...
Making better choices for the technology we use
Getting a new message out This week the IT Reform team within GDS released new guidance to government departments and suppliers around the technology we use. We've done this to make sure our technology doesn't end up becoming inflexible, overdesigned, …
Rising to the challenge on open standards
You might think that we’ve gone a little quiet since we published the Open Standards Principles last November, but we’ve been working hard on getting together the processes and the people to lead on some of the open standards challenges …
FCO travel services check-in to GOV.UK
This morning we fully welcomed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on to GOV.UK. There are lots of new features and services but a big focus for our team has been building the new Foreign Travel Advice pages. Foreign Travel …
GOV.UK is going Worldwide
Today we are very pleased to release the Worldwide section of GOV.UK, which explains the structure and activities of British government organisations in over 200 locations around the world. Worldwide...
This week at GDS
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GDS team
...Digital Leaders, and it is great to see departments coming together, really pressing us now to get more help on resources and to get more skills into departments. We are...
Widgets, badges and blog bling. What stuff can I embed on GOV.UK?
One of the questions publishers in government departments are asking us a lot at the moment is "Can I embed [insert name of web app here] on GOV.UK?" In the spirit of "publish, don't send" this blog post sets out …
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