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.
Regular Releases Reduce Risk
GOV.UK came out of beta just over two weeks ago. In that time we've released over 100 updates. I want to talk a little about how we do that, but mainly to focus on why this approach makes for more …
Refining transactions with help from the Minister
Posted by:
Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...great feedback too. GDS joined the team working with SLC to transform their delivery approach, and it's a real pleasure to have helped them deliver a terrific service that passes...
First Identity Assurance Framework Announced
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK One Login
...Universal Credit. This is the first instance of the cross-government approach to identity assurance being adopted by a major programme so it's an important milestone for us in GDS as...
What we've learnt about scaling agile
Warning: This is a slightly geeky post about agile - the methodology we use to deliver our projects. It therefore features quite a lot of terminology. We hope this will be useful for those of you building projects like these, …
Leaving GDS
...highlight is that of friend and colleague, Lisa Scott. She started out as a content designer and data analyst, but was determined to get involved as much as possible and...
Sharing the news about GOV.UK
...What have we done? We’ve been working with people from Directgov, BusinessLink and across most Departments on communications plans for the move to GOV.UK and we’ve been finding out what...
The right words for the job
Hens and chickens, or breeders and meat? Part of a GDS content designer's role is to choose the best words to explain what a web page is trying to say. It's got to be easy to understand, simple to find …
Identity assurance for local government services
Posted by:
Amanda Derrick - former Strategic and Service Development Lead for Digital Identity, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK One Login
...register and identify themselves to their local authorities online. Findings Our findings indicate a varied landscape within local government. A number of local authorities (LAs) are looking at the market...
How is GOV.UK performing?
Last week our new digital service GOV.UK moved out of public beta and replaced the two main government websites, Directgov and Business Link. As my colleague Mike Bracken explained at the time, GOV.UK is focussed on the needs of users, …
From user needs to content - what’s the story?
We’ve already written about how we’ve worked to identify user needs for GOV.UK, so now I’d like to explain a bit more about what happens next - how does a need become published content or a tool on the site?
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