How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
How we’re making it easier to access government forms online
What we learned from user research with the public on completing PDF and online forms.
Francis Maude speaks at Intellect Public Services Conference 2012
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
"Digital is not another channel, it is the delivery choice for this generation" - Francis Maude, Minister for Cabinet Office said at the Intellect World-Class Public Services Conference today, 11 June 2012
GCloud phase 2 - Apply now!
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Mark O'Neill - former Head of Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Technology, Transformation
On May 18th, the new and improved Cloudstore was released. With added functionality and more interaction between government and supplier possible, Mark O’Neill, Proposition Director - Services, explains why there has never been a better time to apply to join the GCloud.
If content is king, who rules our land?
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Alan Maddrell - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GOV.UK
As Sarah Richards has already said, the citizen beta of GOV.UK is as much about radical simplicity in words as it is about design and back-end innovation. In a few murky corridors, clarity is still considered heresy. Alan Maddrell, Content …
Getting started on assisted digital
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Rebecca Kemp - former Head of Assisted Digital, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility
The Government Digital Service assisted digital team has been up and running for a few weeks now and we wanted to share some of our early thoughts.
e-petitions: open source, open data and getting trendy!
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Pete Herlihy - former Lead Product Manager for GOV.UK Notify, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
Pete Herlihy, product owner for e-petitions talks about recent developments, sharing the code base and opening up the data. This week we delivered on earlier commitments to share e-petitions data and to release the code base. Whilst not as visible as …
Identity Assurance goes to Washington
Last week some members of the UK Identity Assurance team were invited to the White House to share, learn and collaborate with some of the key individuals and organisations in the US wrestling with the challenges of identity in cyberspace. …
Identity Assurance gets closer to market
As more and more government services are being provided online, it is becoming increasingly important to have a simple and user-friendly way for users to assert their identity in order to access these services. This access should be consistent across …
Digesting cookies
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Ade Adewunmi - former Head of Data Infrastructure, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data
An understanding of how cookies work is the first step in helping people to make informed decisions about the impact of these technologies on their online privacy.
Cabinet Office launches social media guidance for civil servants
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Emer Coleman - former Deputy Director of Digital Engagement, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital engagement
Today Cabinet Office announced the publication of guidance for civil servants on the use of social media as well as guidance for Departments to overcome the technical barriers to civil servants accessing the internet and social media channels.
Norwegian Government visit GDS
GDS was pleased to welcome a group visit from the Norwegian Government last week. The following is a guest post from Heather Broomfield, Open Data manager at Difi - the Norwegian agency for Public Management and eGovernment. Last week a delegation from …
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