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.
Rewriting policy plainly
...for internal use, especially in a government department. Here, we tend to use specialised language to talk about what we're doing, which goes against the Inside Government style guidelines. We...
Changes to the strategy
A few weeks ago I wrote a post detailing the technical side of the Government Digital Strategy. One of the things I spoke about was how we were keen 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
...analysis into how people are moving through the site, establishing baselines for future performance, and really digging into the parts of the site that people are getting stuck with. It’s...
Making tools for makers
Imagine that you are a violin maker, and you have only a chisel and a hacksaw. With such inappropriate tools, you're going to either a) make a really shoddy violin, b) spend an age trying to get the tools to …
SEO performance on launch: comparing GOV.UK with Directgov
The search engine optimisation landscape is changing. As I have blogged previously, we are doing our best to make sure we use the same search terms as our users to make content easier to find. Now that Directgov and Business Link are …
Social media - Must we measure?
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Emer Coleman - former Deputy Director of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital engagement
...social in government. We’ve had queries from other countries too about our approach, and I recently Skyped into a conference that the Dutch Government were hosting to talk how they...
Spotlight on procurement
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Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...Digital Service): It’s a very pro-active activity, procurement, as opposed to just buying, which to me is a one-off activity. Procurement is owning the whole relationship with the supplier as...
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 big news this week has been the transition of two central government departments and three agencies to GOV.UK. Following the release of GOV.UK last month, it’s the next step...
A quick tour of Inside Government
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
Today we released Inside Government, bringing together all the corporate and policy information of 2 ministerial departments (out of a total 24) and 3 smaller public bodies (out of the hundreds of agencies and other bodies who will later be …
Launching Inside Government
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The Right Honourable The Lord Heywood of Whitehall GCB CVO - former Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...year, that we wanted to open up policymaking. Today marks another important step along the way to reaching that objective. Hundreds of websites will be joining GOV.UK over the next...
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