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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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