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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
...the benefits of social media. Metrics and measurement are a particularly thorny issue, as colleagues are asked to make business cases for the use of social media. Measurement and perception...
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
Policy, publications and announcements are moving to GOV.UK Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, writes about the release of Inside Government. We said in the Civil Service Reform Plan, published earlier this...
What we know about the users of Inside Government
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Ross Ferguson - former Deputy Director for Portfolio Delivery on GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK, User research
...of Inside Government have been designed for use by everyone and anyone in the UK (and beyond). Inside Government must have this broad appeal and application because it will be...
Identity assurance - Stepping Up A Gear
Yesterday, with the announcement by DWP of the first Identity Provider (IdP) framework for government, the Identity Assurance Programme passed an important milestone in the development of a cross-government identity assurance platform.
What you won’t see (yet) on Inside Government
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Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
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 …
Tim O'Reilly and Jennifer Pahlka visit Government Digital Service
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Emer Coleman - former Deputy Director of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
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