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Setting open standards for government documents

Posted by: Linda Humphries - former Senior Technology Adviser, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 4 December 2013 - Categories: GDS team, Technology

...out some of the frustration and inefficiency, making it easier for people to do their jobs or use our services. I’m in listening mode – trying to get a better...

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Rising to the challenge on open standards

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 25 March 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

You might think that we’ve gone a little quiet since we published the Open Standards Principles last November, but we’ve been working hard on getting together the processes and the people to lead on some of the open standards challenges …

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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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