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Service meets innovation: The digital Veteran Card is here

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Service meets innovation: The digital Veteran Card is here

We’ve launched the first digital document to be stored in the GOV.UK One Login app. Learn more about why this is an important milestone for government, the benefits it brings and how it paves the way for the future.

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Sprint 13 - the story in pictures

Posted by: Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 21 January 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...Lane Fox arrives at reception Rachel Neaman in conversation Francis Maude and Martha Lane Fox before speaking Martha's opening speech Francis Maude's speech Antonio Romeo of MoJ Martha does Q&A...

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 18 January 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Another busy week at GDS, including the release of the Transactions Explorer and the announcement of Paypal as the eighth supplier for the Identity Assurance programme. We've also seen visits...

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Government transaction costs - the story behind the data

Posted by: Richard Sargent, Posted on: 17 January 2013 - Categories: Data, Digital strategy

Last July, GDS published a full list of all the transactional services that the Government offers to citizens and business, along with their annual volume of activity. It was the first time the Government had ever done this.

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How much? Publishing the cost of government transactions

Posted by: Francis Maude, Posted on: 17 January 2013 - Categories: Data, Digital strategy

...the biggest services the Government offers its citizens. Taken together, there are over a billion transactions through these 44 services every single year. That's over 88% of the transactions handled...

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To Identity and Beyond

Posted by: Steve Wreyford, Posted on: 17 January 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK One Login

There’s been a fair amount of speculation as to who else would join the supplier framework for Identity Assurance. We are happy to confirm that the eighth successful supplier is PayPal. As a founder member of the Open Identity Exchange …

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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 16 January 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...have since.” Aaron Swartz was one of those few. Much of the work we do, and the way we do it, drew inspiration from the work of Aaron and Chris....

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The Future is Here

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 11 January 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy, GDS team, Transformation

...the chance to listen to major speakers set out the digital future for Government including keynote speeches from: Francis Maude - Minister for the Cabinet Office Martha Lane Fox -...

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 11 January 2013 - Categories: GDS team

https://youtu.be/Xy4wQMPU_Gg Lots of bits of GDS are going to be working with lots of bits of government during 2013. We're getting bigger, getting more scattered and it's important that we...

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The Inside Government dashboard

Posted by: Edward Horsford, Posted on: 9 January 2013 - Categories: Data, GOV.UK

...expecting an increase in traffic over the coming months, but each department is unique so this increase won’t always be the same. Top policies Top policies viewed on Inside Government...

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Digital's place in the diplomatic toolkit

Posted by: Alison Daniels OBE - Deputy Director for Communications; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Posted on: 8 January 2013 - Categories: Digital engagement, Digital strategy

...more comprehensively across every element of foreign policy work. Our new guidance encourages staff to use social media. While we don’t expect all staff to use social media in the...

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