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.
GOV.UK – The start of a new way of delivering public services
...a result delivers a service that is simpler, clearer and faster for users. Being built and tested in public meant that we could take the views of real users into...
Directgov: a quiet history
If you search for Directgov on Wikipedia, or ever happen to browse through our press releases, you’ll see a version of our history that’s based pretty much around landmark achievements and major events. And that’s fine. We are one of …
APIs for all
Update: we've blogged more recently about the current state of APIs on GOV.UK. Last week I talked about GOV.UK's APIs and how we use them to build and monitor the site. Now it's time to say a little more about …
This week at GDS
...of the site content The Data Insight team have been putting the finishing touches to their code, so we can measure how each of the formats on GOV.UK performs post-launch...
Coding in the open
We talk a lot about Open Source at GDS. GOV.UK is built on open source software and, to a degree, built as open source software. It's a topic we care passionately about because it helps us maintain our focus on …
Meet the finance team
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A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to the Hosting and Infrastructure team. Now it's time to meet the Finance team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuEU-d4A5Tk A big thanks to Andy, Ezinne and...
No link left behind
From October the 17th GOV.UK will replace Directgov and Business Link as the best place to find government services and information, but what will that actually mean for people following links for these sites, or visiting bookmarked pages?
One size does not fit all
It's taken a very different kind of team to build GOV.UK than the one most people picture when they think of web developers. Even within the tech industry, some stereotypes don't fit with the kind of people we've needed.
What devices are we supporting at launch, and why?
In January James Weiner wrote a little about the browsers we support and during the summer we revisited that question to decide which operating systems, screen sizes and devices we would support at launch. As with all things on GOV.UK we’ll …
Agile projects: the people side
We talk a lot about agile here at GDS. We use agile methodologies to focus on our users. The faster we can build a functioning product, the sooner we can get it in front of real users and start iterating …
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