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.
The journey in the Cloud has just begun
A year ago today we launched the first G-Cloud framework and started the journey to provide a new way for the public sector to commission and buy technology-based services. And what a journey it’s been.
The Performance Platform is recruiting
Last summer we built a prototype of a tool designed to help departments make better use of their data to improve public services. In October that prototype became the first GOV.UK dashboard and by December a second dashboard had been …
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...the problems that government has had in the past. It was great to get their steer as well. We did that in Cabinet Office again, yesterday. I guess, the most...
GOV.UK accessibility: beyond box-ticking
Last year we decided to drop the accessibility statement from GOV.UK. This week I was asked whether this decision sent out the wrong message to organisations wanting to make a public commitment to becoming accessible. So now seems like a good …
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...his active social media presence. I’d like to personally say goodbye to Lindsey Bromwell, who’s been Private Secretary here and previously worked in Cabinet Office; she’s been absolutely central to...
250 companies in 2 days
I've just completed a lightning tour of four UK cities. I've been speaking, and more importantly listening, to some of the leading small and medium-sized (SME) business technology companies in the UK.
Three months on – Inside Government’s traffic, demand and engagement in numbers
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Ross Ferguson - former Deputy Director for Portfolio Delivery on GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, GOV.UK
...highly, we thought it would be interesting to identify the top 10 most visited publications, which are: /government/publications/hs2-revised-line-of-route-maps - 91,197 page views /government/publications/high-speed-rail-investing-in-britains-future-phase-two-the-route-to-leeds-manchester-and-beyond - 25,702 /government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2 - 23,770 /government/publications/50-ways-to-save-examples-of-sensible-savings-in-local-government -...
Watch all of the action from SPRINT 13
All of the talks and all of the workshops from SPRINT 13 are now available online. Filmed live at the event on 21 January, they're a celebration of the best digital work in government today.
Constant revision: a student's take on GDS
University of Salford student Andrew Langhorn recently got in touch with us to chat about his dissertation on the UK government's approach to digital. We asked him to write a...
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...GOV.UK of the Scotland Office, and that brings us up to the eighth major department to move onto this platform. So we’re at eight of 24; it’s going to be...
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