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Finishing what we started - transition to GOV.UK

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 19 December 2014 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

...government publishing platform. Here’s a film about the works that’s been done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-lPm57hD4&feature=youtu.be Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts. Transcript: Transitioning 300+...

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Combining user research and analytics to improve the user experience

Posted by: Charlotte Clancy and Lana Gibson, Posted on: 10 October 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK
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Over the last year or so, we’ve been working on moving the websites of 311 government agencies and arms length bodies onto GOV.UK, as part of the transition towards a single online platform for all government services.

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GDS this week: GOV.UK transition update and G-Cloud4

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 19 November 2013 - Categories: GDS team

...can be done as quickly as 4 to 6 weeks, and the bigger ones we know are going to take at least 6 months going right through to 12 months...

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Welcoming even more people to GOV.UK

Posted by: James Thornett, Posted on: 3 October 2013 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

The transition team are the people responsible for helping hundreds more agencies and organisations move their websites onto GOV.UK. They’ve started blogging about that work, and I wanted to explain a bit more about what that work means for GDS.

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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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As seen from the Department...

Posted by: Alice Ainsworth, Posted on: 27 March 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

The move of web content from the Department of Health (DH) to GOV.UK has been a relatively calm experience for the DH team. It’s been extremely busy and quite intense at times but I only had one day of actual …

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