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To Identity and Beyond
There’s been a fair amount of speculation as to who else would join the supplier framework for Identity Assurance. We are happy to confirm that the eighth successful supplier is PayPal. As a founder...
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How much? Publishing the cost of government transactions
Francis Maude, Minister for Cabinet Office: “Governments talk a lot about delivering value for taxpayers. Yet most of the time they aren’t very clear about what they mean. Now taxpayers can judge value...
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Government transaction costs – the story behind the data
Last July, GDS published a full list of all the transactional services that the Government offers to citizens and business, along with their annual volume of activity. It was the first time the...
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This week at GDS
Another busy week at GDS, including the release of the Transactions Explorer and the announcement of Paypal as the eighth supplier for the Identity Assurance programme. We’ve also seen visits from the...
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Sprint 13 – the story in pictures
Just got back from taking photos at today’s Sprint 13 conference, so what was it like? Think of the famous Hokusai wave and you’ll get a sense of the energy that was unleashed at Queen Elizabeth...
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High-resolution images
Before Christmas, Ben Terrett asked the design team to think of one thing we’d like to change on GOV.UK. My choice was easy; add high resolution graphics to the site so it looks better on high pixel...
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Cold comfort farm
It’s been cold and snowy. The weather has impacted on people’s lives across the UK, but has it affected people’s interaction with GOV.UK? Tara Stockford and I did some quick analysis of traffic and...
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Welcoming DECC to Inside Government
We are pleased to welcome the Department of Energy & Climate Change onto the Inside Government section of GOV.UK. Alongside DECC, we welcome two other bodies, the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group and...
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This week at GDS
Mike Bracken sums up this week’s Sprint 13 showcase of digital work across Government, with keynote speeches from Francis Maude, Martha Lane Fox and Stephen Kelly setting the agenda for 400 days of...
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400 days to transform government
Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer for Government, writes about SPRINT 13. Last week I was delighted to participate in SPRINT 13 the cross government digital event organized by GDS. It was great to...
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Keep calm and carry on: government campaigns and GOV.UK
GOV.UK provides government with several ways to promote and support its marketing campaigns. I wanted to give you a bit of background on what the guidelines are, and how they’re being used. Keep Calm...
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Scotland Office joins GOV.UK
This morning the Scotland Office became the eighth ministerial department to move its corporate publishing over to the Inside Government section of GOV.UK. Today’s release also introduces a new topic...
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Testing Inside Government at scale
At GDS we realise how important it is to build government services by understanding the needs of the people who use them. One of the most useful ways of doing this is by testing products with end...
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MOJ’s Digital Services Division needs you
The work GDS is doing is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to building better digital services. Roger Oldham, Deputy Director, Digital Services at the Ministry of Justice writes about what...
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This week at GDS
A very warm welcome to the Scotland Office, as they make the move to GOV.UK, during what’s been another busy week at GDS. The Digital Advisory Board came in for a visit, and we’ve also published many...
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Constant revision: a student’s take on GDS
University of Salford student Andrew Langhorn recently got in touch with us to chat about his dissertation on the UK government’s approach to digital. We asked him to write a few words about what it’s...
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Watch all of the action from SPRINT 13
All of the talks and all of the workshops from SPRINT 13 are now available online. Filmed live at the event on 21 January, they’re a celebration of the best digital work in government today. SPRINT13...
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Three months on – Inside Government’s traffic, demand and engagement in numbers
They can’t tell the whole story but digital analytics are a useful and readily available source of information about how people are interacting with the GOV.UK platform and content. Like other GOV.UK...
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250 companies in 2 days
I’ve just completed a lightning tour of four UK cities. I’ve been speaking, and more importantly listening, to some of the leading small and medium-sized (SME) business technology companies in the UK....
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This week at GDS
Another busy week at GDS, including reaching the milestone of 100 million visits to GOV.UK. We also attended a lot of behind-the-scenes meetings to start planning and looking at the transformation of...
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