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.
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 …
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. …
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 …
GDS has published the Digital Landscape Research today alongside the Government Digital Strategy. We want to tell you more about the research, and why we did it.
One of the best things about well-designed digital services - shopping, banking, booking flights - is how much more efficient they are for users. But an equally big plus of digital is the efficiency benefits for organisations providing those services. …
As you know, today we launched the Government Digital Strategy. I’m part of the team that was tasked with putting these documents online, and from the outset we wanted to do it in a much more comprehensive way than simply …
Back in May, we blogged about the work we were just starting on assisted digital. Today, in the Government Digital Strategy, we commit to taking a cross-government approach to assisted digital, to continuing our work with departments and expert organisations …
This morning Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude published the digital strategy, and I wanted to explain why and how it was developed.
I've talked before about various aspects of how we build software at GDS, and especially for GOV.UK, but I'd like to take a step back and about one of our early design rules: "tools over content".
While you tuck into your toffee apple and enjoy the fireworks this evening, make sure you save a few oohs and aahs for us. In ten days’ time, on November 15, the first two government departments will move their corporate …
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