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.
A day in the life of a delivery manager
‘A day in the life of...’ articles typically go something like this, “8:02: my day starts with a walk over Waterloo Bridge. A flat white later and I'm ready to begin. Some quiet minutes to check emails before studying the …
Browser usage on GOV.UK
Earlier this year James Weiner and Ben Welby wrote about the browsers and devices that we are supporting on GOV.UK. We made these decisions using browser/device data from various sources including Directgov, BusinessLink, central government departments and several other big sites. …
Exemptions
The aim of GOV.UK is to bring all government information and services into one place - that is why we are looking to transition over all our websites onto GOV.UK by April 2014. However, there were always going to be …
Testing the redirections
Now that GOV.UK has replaced Directgov and BusinessLink, and departments are moving to Inside Government, we want to make sure that people visiting links to the old sites get where they need to be. We want them to be redirected to …
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...Shipman will reveal more about how all of them work. It’s an extraordinary achievement, and it’s great to be releasing code for the wider community to use. The team working...
Inside Government - traffic, demand and engagement numbers so far
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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
...visits to GOV.UK, which is possibly due to the desk-based professional-practitioner nature of Inside Government’s user base. We've been curious to know what content users come to Inside Government for....
This week at GDS
Posted by:
Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
GDS team
It’s slightly strange to be reporting on another week without a major launch but it’s something we should get used to. One of the main advantages of iterative working is...
Watching Inside Government evolve
...beta struggling to find a way to present our policies. Eventually we came up with the Issues and Actions format. We got a clearer idea of how we needed to...
Traffic trends to GOV.UK
We’ve been monitoring the volume of traffic to GOV.UK since launch. We want to ensure that the people who used to rely on Directgov and Business Link can still find the reliable and authoritative information and services they need. As the GOV.UK dashboard …
People management in an agile setting
After speaking at AgileTeaCamp, I thought I would share how people management has evolved in the GDS Delivery Team. What you get for free with agile Agile product teams are self-managing. With the users' needs in mind, the product manager defines what …
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