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What we’ve learned so far at our Sprint events and how to register for the...
Over the past few weeks we’ve been running a series of 4 Sprint events around the UK, in collaboration with the governments of Scotland and Wales as well as the Northern Ireland Civil Service and...
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Spend controls: saving money and making things better
Through the spend controls process, GDS works with departments to ensure they (and the taxpayer) are getting the best value from anything they’re building or buying. As Kevin Cunnington mentioned in...
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Learning to code at GDS
The Government Digital Service (GDS) employs a lot of people who write software for a living, and a lot of people who don’t. Not everyone needs to know how to code to do their job, but many people...
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Moving forward our work on identity assurance
Since I joined GDS to lead on Digital Identity, we have been very busy. One of the things I continue to stand for is communicating in a more open way and better telling the story of what we are doing...
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How we organise monthly mental wellbeing Q&As for GDS staff
The mental health network at GDS exists to ensure our colleagues have the mental health support and information they need. We do this in a variety of different ways. For example, we send out a...
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GOV.UK Verify’s role in HMRC’s highest Self Assessment peak
When a tax return is filed online through the Self Assessment service, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) need to confirm a user’s identity. One way users can prove they are who they say they are online...
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Engaging UK suppliers in the Global Digital Marketplace Programme alpha phase
Through the Global Digital Marketplace Programme, GDS is helping tackle global corruption. We do this by working with international governments to make their procurement more transparent and boost...
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Why you should set up a service community
Service communities are networks of people from across the public sector who work together to design and deliver an end-to-end service, like start a business or get health benefits. Communities meet...
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Back to the future: realising the strategy for innovation
I recently returned to GDS after a year leading the Data Policy and Governance team at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). DCMS manages the policy around open data, data...
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How we started the 'Muslims at GDS' community
Over the last couple of months, a new community at GDS has emerged. Muslims at GDS is a community for people who belong to the Muslim faith or anyone interested in learning more about it. In this post,...
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Emerging techies: Summer Diversity interns at GDS
Over the summer, GDS welcomed 6 interns from the Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP). They’ve been busy working in various teams to support GDS’s work and learn more about working in the...
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Podcast: On writing
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/mdsgqi/Final_2019-07-25_GDS_Creative_Writing_podcast_Ep11_Sarah_Stewart_Angus_Montgomery_190825_mixdown_1_.mp3 A year on from launching the GDS...
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A public service odyssey
I was out sailing in the middle of the ocean, somewhere between Darwin and Christmas Island, when I received an email that read something along the lines of 'would you like to lead GDS for a period of...
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Developing a learning approach for the content design profession
The content community team is working to build effective, adaptable and scalable learning experiences for content designers across the public sector. We're doing this work so that the content in...
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How we support service design across government
It’s been a year since I gave the last update on how we are supporting service design across government. A lot has happened since then. Service design is an established role among the Digital, Data and...
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#Sprint19 live blog: 19 September 2019
3:30pm The Head of Accessibility for UK Government, Richard Morton, is on stage now talking about the new public sector website accessibility regulations and what public sector organisations need to...
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What it’s like to be part of the DDaT Fast Stream and how you can apply
Applications for the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Fast Stream programme are now open. You can register for the programme now. In this blog post, Anna and Kevin – Fast Steamers based at the...
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Podcast: The International Design in Government community
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/fxgcct/International_design_in_government_podcast_ep12_Martin_Jordan_Kara_Kane_190925_final_mix.mp3 The International Design in Government...
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Measuring the climate impact of our digital services at GDS
Earlier this year, GDS formed a Sustainability Network to help our department reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We were inspired by the government’s commitment this year to reduce emissions to “net...
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Transforming GOV.UK: the future of digital public services
Jen Allum speaking at Sprint 19. GOV.UK marked its 7th birthday last month. We’re rightly proud of the work we’ve done on GOV.UK since its launch in 2012. We’ve taken nearly 2,000 government websites...
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