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Podcast: Mental wellbeing at GDS
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/tpwqpq/GDS_Podcast_Ep13_Mental_Health_Network_FINAL.mp3 At the Government Digital Service (GDS) we want to be a workplace that supports its...
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Making GOV.UK more than a website
In the run-up to the general election, you may have seen some new kinds of results appearing in Google search. They look like this: These are a special kind of Google search result called a OneBox....
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GOV.UK Notify is sending messages for more than 1,500 services across the...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) collaborates across the public sector to help organisations meet their users’ needs. GOV.UK Notify is one example of how GDS does this. It lets service teams send...
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Podcast: GDS in 2019
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/kcgh5i/GDS_Quiz_2019_Podcast_FINAL_v2.mp3 The final episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast in 2019 is a look back at what has...
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Accessibility: why you should get on board
I am the interim Head of Accessibility and Senior Accessibility Specialist at the Government Digital Service (GDS). This means I run the cross-government Introduction to Accessibility training. In...
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Participate in Services Week 2020
Government is working hard on making services work better for their users. Over the past few years, hundreds of services went through user-centred digital transformation and now meet our Service...
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Podcast: Accessibility in government
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/55sawy/Accessibility_Podcast_FINAL.mp3 Accessibility has always been part of the Government Digital Service’s (GDS) work. GDS founded the...
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We’re hiring a Head of Accessibility
At GDS our ambition is to make services as accessible and inclusive as possible, to ensure there are no barriers that might prevent people from interacting with government. Where we’ve been We’ve...
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The Global Digital Marketplace Programme: Moving into alpha
GDS have partnered with national and state governments in 5 emerging economies to make procurement more open and effective, with the end-goal to tackle corruption. We are the Global Digital...
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GDS' Time to Change pledge
GDS’ Time To Change commitments Physical and mental wellbeing is vital for people to be happy and productive in their personal and professional lives. In August 2019, GDS’ Director General, Alison...
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Podcast: GOV.UK Design System
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tmd7nb/Design_System_Podcast_v2.mp3 The GOV.UK Design System is a collection of tools and resources that helps teams across the public sector deliver better services....
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GDS and the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap is the difference in average hourly pay between men and women. All organisations with 250 or more employees have been legally required to report their gender pay gap annually since...
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Podcast: International Women’s Day
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/play/fgs9bs/IWD_Master_v6.mp3 International Womens’ Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide on 8 March. For 2020, the theme is about equality: “An equal world is an enabled...
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GOV.UK Notify is available for the public sector to use for emergency staff...
GOV.UK Notify – the government’s messaging platform – is available for all public sector organisations to use for emergency staff communications and business continuity messaging. This is particularly...
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How GOV.UK Notify reliably sends text messages to users
GOV.UK Notify lets central government, local authorities and the NHS send emails, text messages and letters to their users. We usually send between 100,000 and 200,000 text messages a day. It’s...
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Driving better outcomes through continuous support
An example of GDS Standards Assurance & UKEF Digital team collaboration At GDS, we’ve written about how the standards assurance team helps government departments deliver better services and...
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We’re launching an online ‘Introduction to Content Design’ course
Last year, we piloted an ‘Introduction to Content Design’ course on FutureLearn with 100 learners from across government and the public sector. We learned a lot from the pilot, and we blogged about...
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Podcast: GOV.UK’s initial response to coronavirus
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/player-preload/3znawc/GOV_UK_Covid-19_Final.mp3 April’s episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast is about the GOV.UK team’s initial response to the...
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Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with GDS
Accessibility is considered in all aspects of the Government Digital Service’s (GDS) work. Whether it’s testing on assistive technologies, using persona profiles to simulate different users or...
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Scaling up GOV.UK Verify to help during coronavirus
GOV.UK Verify is the government service that helps people prove who they are online. People can create a digital identity account and use it to access 22 government services, like applying for...
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