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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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Watching Inside Government evolve

Posted by: John Turnbull, Posted on: 29 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

...a similar service, which it will be rolling out across government. I need to ensure a smooth transfer of as many of our subscribers as possible to the new service,...

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Iterating the trade tariff tool with HMRC

Posted by: Chris Heathcote - Product Manager for Accessibility Monitoring, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 9 November 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK

One of the tools we’ve created on GOV.UK is the Trade Tariff tool. It contains up-to-date and historical information on the duty you have to pay when importing and exporting goods outside the UK and the EU. The tool lets …

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Why do people need government department websites?

Posted by: Neil Williams - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 7 October 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

This is the second in a series of posts about how I am taking forward objective two of the single domain project: specifically the “private beta test of a shared ‘corporate’ publishing platform aimed at replacing most of the activity …

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Towards a simpler, smaller, nimbler, cheaper, better GOV.UK

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 28 April 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

Alpha.gov.uk will test a selection of products and technologies aiming to meet the needs that people have from government online.

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Towards a Single Government Domain

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 29 March 2011 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

...so Chris Chant has commissioned a project to test its feasibility. Chris has asked Tom Loosemore, formerly of the BBC’s web operation, to pull together the project. He will be...

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