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The story of GOV.UK so far, in pictures

Posted by: Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 1 May 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

Earlier this week the the final ministerial department joined GOV.UK. This isn't the end of the GOV.UK story; in fact it's barely the end of the beginning. But today is still a big moment, the result of commitment and collaboration …

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Sketching our way to Alpha.gov.uk

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 2 June 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

We’ve talked about initial analysis, design rules and technology. Now we're taking those sketches to build something to satisfy them on Alpha.gov.uk.

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A vision for online consultation and policy engagement

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 24 May 2011 - Categories: Digital engagement, GOV.UK

We discuss what government should do to consult, engage and involve people more openly in the work it does, online.

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What was the evidence? Users’ information needs and analytics

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 23 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK, User research

We share learnings we got from analytics about what people are doing when visiting government web pages.

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Agile does work in government

Posted by: Jamie Arnold, Posted on: 13 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK, Ways of working

Just as there are trends in technology, there are fashions in project management and some feel that agile is poorly suited to government and is just a fad. One of the principle objectives for this project was to demonstrate that …

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Sketching (and some features that didn't quite make it)

Posted by: Richard Pope - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 12 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

We share a few of the early sketches from the alpha.gov.uk project, some of which include features that we either dropped when we realised they would work or haven't got around to implementing yet.

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A brief overview of technology behind Alpha.gov.uk

Posted by: James Stewart, Posted on: 12 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK, Technology

The team share an overview of the technology used to develop Alpha.gov.uk.

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Broadly, the visual language of Alpha.gov.uk

Posted by: Paul Annett, Posted on: 11 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

Read about the colour and typography used for Alpha.gov.uk which is a demonstration of what a single central Government site could be.

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What's the deal with place names?

Posted by: James Stewart, Posted on: 11 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

Alpha.gov.uk would work best if it knew where in the country its visitors are from. We'd love to get your feedback on our approach to this.

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Why are we doing this?

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 10 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

Here's a reminder as to why it's so critical that GOV.UK offers UK citizens the best possible digital experience.

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