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Looking back at the exemplars
Two years ago, we set out to change government. We gave ourselves 400 working days to transform 25 major public services, building digital “exemplars” so good that people would prefer to use them....
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Data as a public asset
As some of you might have seen earlier in the week, I’ve just been appointed as the government’s first Chief Data Officer. I am honoured, and I think that it’s right that we have a CDO now, but I’ll...
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Not the HMRC of old
Last November, HMRC published its digital strategy. Among many other things, it said: We will enhance the systems that provide and support our digital services by building a multi-channel digital tax...
View ArticleGovernment as a Platform: the next phase of digital transformation
With this parliament drawing to a close, it’s time to take what we’ve learned over the last few years and work out how to pick up the pace of digital transformation in the years to come. As Mike Beaven...
View ArticleThe pre-election period
You may have noticed we’ve been blogging more than usual over the past week. We’ve had a lot to tell you, and we needed to do this before this Parliament ends on 30 March. Between then and the general...
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Hello again
The pre-election period (PEP) is over, and we can talk publicly about our work once more. First of all, I'd like to welcome our new Cabinet Office Ministerial team: Oliver Letwin, Chancellor of the...
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Social Media Playbook - version 2.0
Just over a year ago GDS produced its first Social Media Playbook. This was designed to support community managers coming into GDS to help them learn how we do things and what best practice should look...
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Shorter, but just as sweet - the revised and updated Digital Service Standard
Following feedback from all over government, and working with a host of internal teams here at GDS, we are pleased to announce the new, revised Digital Service Standard. The Service Standard now...
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All aboard: 18 months of assisted digital
For many of us it may be hard to imagine life without digital technology or the internet. But what about the *20% of UK adults (that’s over 10 million) who don’t have the access, opportunity, or skills...
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Preparing for Government as a Platform
Back in March, just before the pre-election period began and, like the rest of the Civil Service, we had to keep quiet for a while, Mike Bracken wrote this post. He talked about the next stage of...
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Two blog posts we liked
Two friends of GDS have written great blog posts in the last week. So great, we thought we'd mention them here, so you can read them too. First is Kit Collingwood-Richardson, formerly Head of Digital...
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Congratulations, Companies House
Congratulations to the team at Companies House for taking their new free information service into public beta today. Their Chief Executive Tim Moss has just published a blog post, saying: From today...
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Being a GDS technical architect - the first few weeks
Government technology boring? Not from where I’m standing. After years working in the fast-paced mobile sector, I was anxious my new government job as a technical architect might be boring. I was...
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Starting with discovery: Department Transformation
A week or so ago, Felicity Singleton wrote about preparing for Government as a Platform. Felicity talked about four workstreams we’ve begun to look at as part of our preparation work. One of those...
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Trans-Atlantic mind-melding with USDS and 18F
Last week we welcomed visitors from the US Digital Service and 18F over here for the best part of a week to swap stories, experiences, and mistakes. It. Was. Great. .@todd_park is in the (@gdsteam)...
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Outcomes, not deliverables
Jamie Arnold has been part of GDS since the very beginning, working on the early stages of GOV.UK and many other projects since. Back in February this year, he posted a drawing that sums up his...
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Simpler, clearer, Shetler
Back in January, the Australian government said it would be setting up a new Digital Transformation Office. That was great news. We were happy to welcome Australia to our international community of...
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Learning by doing: to GDS and back again
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution max_d80 A few months ago I decided to take my experience as a communications manager in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and go on...
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You can’t be half agile
A little rant, if you’ll forgive the indulgence. It includes a confession, to make up for the ranting. You might have heard talk about new project management methodologies that try to combine bits of...
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Let's talk about permissions
Licence, permit, registration, certification, accreditation - government has lots of different ways for people to get permission to do something. They all do the same thing - they’re all...
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