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Talking heads

Posted by: Matt Sheret, Posted on: 24 April 2013 - Categories: Digital engagement, Transformation

One of the updates we’ve made to the Government Service Design Manual is to add video case studies. Video has been one of the best methods we’ve found for quickly and candidly sharing what it’s like to work on a …

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Building a network of trust around the Digital by Default Standard

Posted by: Katie Lee, Posted on: 23 April 2013 - Categories: Digital engagement, Digital strategy

The first thing you see when you walk into GDS is the 7 main messages which guided the build of the GOV.UK alpha. Visitors to GDS often scribble them down, and like our Design Principles they help provide a shared language for …

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Setting the standard

Posted by: Andrew Greenway, Posted on: 11 April 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Last month was a really important one for the Digital by Default Service Standard. We launched our beta for one thing. Just as importantly, the Digital Leaders network - the people responsible for driving the digital agenda across government - …

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Beta testing the Service Standard

Posted by: Andrew Greenway, Posted on: 14 March 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy, GDS team

...to help build services that meet the standard. What good looks like The standard will be applied to all large services from April 2014. The point of the standard is...

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