As GOV.UK Forms moves into public beta, find out what we’ve done so far, what we’re doing next and how you can get involved and start building your own forms on the platform.
The release of Inside Government tomorrow is a beginning, not an end. There’s a lot in it, but there’s also a lot yet to come. Here is a list of features which are on the product roadmap to be delivered …
As departments move from publishing on separate websites to publishing on GOV.UK, each of them will be contributing to a comprehensive set of web pages that explain government policies clearly, consistently, and all in one place. Doing this is difficult, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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