Digital Britain Two
...moving in the right direction. But it’s also a helpful reminder of the work we still need to do to support those who are less able to use online services....
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
Applying for licences is rarely a fun activity and this applies equally to the authorities responsible for processing them. When you wanted a licence extension for your birthday party in...
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
...clearer, faster Worldwide takes over from some long established and well-used sites and attempts to tackle a number of challenges troubling those sites by making them simpler, clearer and faster....
This week at GDS
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHlJwPJ7Nyw This week GOV.UK is up for the Designs of the Year awards at the Design Museum and the exhibition opened on Wednesday, the Department for Culture Media and Sport...
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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