Parliament Week hack day
...third prize given was for a tool that makes it easier for MPs and/or Lords to work more effectively. Blogs for MPs, by Young Rewired Stater David Kendal, allows one-click...
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GDS' Time to Change pledge
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Ben Carpenter - former Assisted Digital & Digital Take Up Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills
...for example, agreed to a package of tailored wellbeing support for teams working on EU Exit. This included workshops around wellbeing in high-pressure environments and sharing stress measurement tools. Around...
Public reading stages - a second iteration
...for – helping to open a door into the business of government. Traditional consultations on legislation have tended to be narrow and exclusive. This online channel makes it easier for...
From the centre and here to help
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, GDS team
...adapt them. The service design manual is now doing the same job for the next big challenge - transforming public services. Government now has a clear set of guidelines for...
Going ‘live’ with the Service Standard
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Mark McLeod - former Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
The Digital by Default Service Standard has been running as a beta for almost a year now, but formally comes into force in April. Now that we’ve run over 40...
Better services with patterns and standards
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Lou Downe - former Director for Design and Service Standards, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms
...first step towards this by changing the way that GOV.UK browse works.) 2. Creating standards for 'what good looks like’ for certain types of services eg. getting permission to do...
A hack day to test Government as a Platform
...from across government, and work collaboratively with them to improve our products. We hosted teams from: Companies House Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department for Work and Pensions...
How to become a software developer apprentice: Idris's story
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Idris Abdirizak - Junior Software Developer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills
...much better opportunities for me than anything else I could have done. For the first 2 months I was just doing specific things that were earmarked for me. After that...
Accessibility advice when creating a UK government consultation
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Alistair Duggin - former Head of Accessibility, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility
...Read is a format that uses pictures to support the meaning of text. It uses short sentences and simple words to focus on the core information. It was developed for...
Why we’re taking a strategic approach to communication
...the transformation taking place across government. Last week we published our first ever communications strategy for GDS. It’s a fantastic milestone for us, bringing together the aims of the organisation...
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