Setting open standards for government documents
When I ran the open standards consultation, I heard first hand the effect that government’s choice of technology was having on people. Take documents, for example. You might think sending something to...
View ArticleGDS this week: GOV.UK meets Ontario.ca and Digital Services Store now open
This week GDS Head of Content Design Sarah Richards talks about meeting our counterparts from Canada, Ontario.ca, and their exciting One Site project, and Josh Russell and Warren Smith explain how...
View ArticleThe search is over … almost!
When it comes to improving our offering, looking at what people search for on GOV.UK is one of the best ways we can understand what you want from government information. The search box allows you to...
View ArticleStrategy and delivery, one year on
We’ve published a couple of big updates, both to the Digital Strategy and to the transformation programme. Between them, they’ll give you a picture of just how much we’ve achieved in the last twelve...
View ArticleTransactions Explorer: latest release of data
Today, we updated the Transactions Explorer, our tool for tracking performance data for the government’s transactional services. The Explorer covers 17 government departments, and now includes 766...
View ArticleAccessing GOV.UK information for the gaming generation
We love it that you are making GOV.UK work for you. We want the information you need to be easy to find, no matter how you choose to access our digital services. So, you can imagine how pleased we...
View ArticleHalf a billion views on GOV.UK!
What a great way to say goodbye to 2013 – we exceeded 500,000,000 views on GOV.UK recently – which tells us that you’re finding loads of ways to access our services. We’ll keep working tirelessly to...
View ArticleWhen will more people visit GOV.UK using a mobile or tablet than a PC?
Yesterday the BBC published data showing more people accessing iPlayer via tablet than via computer. This prompted me to update some of the data I gathered for the government’s agreed approach to...
View ArticleWhat are we doing about accessibility?
Joshua Marshall is Head of Accessibility at GDS. Just before Christmas, we sat him down for a short chat about his work. In Joshua’s opinion, the single most important thing GDS has done to improve...
View ArticleIterating our support for service managers
Just before Christmas we released dates for the next four cohorts on GDS’s Service Manager Induction and Development Programme. During 2013, we took the programme through discovery, alpha, beta, and...
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