How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
What we learned from user research with the public on completing PDF and online forms.
Showing people around Inside government
As one of the editors working on Inside government, visiting departments to introduce people to the platform can be really rewarding. Last month I went to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to help them with their final preparations …
Designing for the long read on Inside Government
At GDS we intend the web to be the primary platform for publishing things like policy, speeches and detailed guidance, with any print documents taking a supporting role. As a consequence legibility online becomes hugely important, because the reader will …
Learning alongside the Inside Government team
Getting departments and agencies ready for the move to GOV.UK isn’t just a job for GDS. John Ploughman, Digital Communication Manager for the Driving Standards Agency, talks about what it’s been like from their perspective. Making the move to Inside …
Updating the GOV.UK Performance Dashboard
Today we’re releasing an updated version of our Performance Platform dashboard, the tool that shows analytics data about how GOV.UK is being used. Today’s updates focus on improving the usability and readability, building on prototypes that were built through the …
A little blog on the side - Inside Inside Government
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
In several recent posts about the upcoming release of Inside Government we’ve linked in passing to this little blog on the side - a Tumblr (update: the Tumblr is no longer in use by GDS) where we, the product team …
This week at GDS
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
It’s been a big week at GDS, thanks to the release of the Government Digital Strategy, but that’s not the only thing the team has been up to. Here’s a quick round-up.
Iterating the trade tariff tool with HMRC
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Chris Heathcote - Product Manager for Accessibility Monitoring, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
One of the tools we’ve created on GOV.UK is the Trade Tariff tool. It contains up-to-date and historical information on the duty you have to pay when importing and exporting goods outside the UK and the EU. The tool lets …
Publishing the Digital Strategy as a website, rather than on one
I’m Andrew Francis and I’m a policy professional. So is my colleague Sheila Bennett. You might not have heard much from our profession here on the GDS blog recently, but its worth pointing out that the past few weeks have …
Have I got government news for you?
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Ross Ferguson - former Deputy Director for Portfolio Delivery on GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GOV.UK
Government is a major news source. As central government departments begin the transition to GOV.UK they'll be publishing their news in a single place, and we have a fantastic opportunity to improve the user experience of this high profile content. …
Welcoming the Digital Strategy
When we launched the Civil Service Reform Plan in June, I said that the Civil Service of the future must look radically different and I asked civil servants to work together to deliver change while maintaining our core strengths and …
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