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24 departments later

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 30 April 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

Martha said we needed a revolution. As of this moment, 10 Downing Street, the Deputy PM’s office, all 24 of the UK's central government departments and its embassies around the world are now sharing a single, joined-up presence on the web at …

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Marking one year since the Inside Government beta

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 28 February 2013 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

A year ago today we launched the beta of Inside Government on GOV.UK - a working, public demo of a product which to many people had previously seemed unimaginable. The site was a live test of what multiple departments sharing …

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11 more organisations join GOV.UK

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 13 December 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

It’s been a whole month since the Departments for Transport and Communities and Local Government moved over to GOV.UK. That kicked off a process which will see around 300 departments and agencies joining the site by April 2014. Today 11 …

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A quick tour of Inside Government

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 15 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

Today we released Inside Government, bringing together all the corporate and policy information of 2 ministerial departments (out of a total 24) and 3 smaller public bodies (out of the hundreds of agencies and other bodies who will later be …

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What you won’t see (yet) on Inside Government

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 14 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

The release of Inside Government tomorrow is a beginning, not an end. There’s a lot in it, but there’s also a lot yet to come. Here is a list of features which are on the product roadmap to be delivered …

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A little blog on the side - Inside Inside Government

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 12 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

In several recent posts about the upcoming release of Inside Government we’ve linked in passing to this little blog on the side - a Tumblr (update: the Tumblr is no longer in use by GDS) where we, the product team …

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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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