I’ve just got back from a few days in the Republic of Estonia, looking at how they deliver their digital services and sharing stories of some of the work we are up to here in the UK. We have an …
This morning I attended the weekly meeting of Cabinet ministers at Number 10. I was there to share more about what we're up to at GDS - and right across the civil service - to make government services simpler, clearer …
This week we have three quick updates on work that's been going on at GDS recently. Brij Thakrar talks about how we're training people to write for GOV.UK, Allon Lister introduces the Carer's Allowance public beta and Amy Whitney explains …
EDIT: In response to the comments we have received we thought it would be helpful to explain up-front that we will be extending our testing so people will be able to take part wherever they live around the world when …
This week, Kathy Settle, Director of Digital Policy and Departmental Engagement, looks back on GOV.UK's one year birthday and talks about the public beta release of the Carers Allowance service. Follow Kathy on twitter: @Kathy_Settle
Last week GDS helped launch new guidance for securely using 11 common desktop and mobile operating systems in public sector organisations. CESG (the UK government’s National Technical Authority for information assurance) have led this, working closely with the team in …
A few weeks back, we were chatting about the architecture of the Individual Electoral Registration web service. We started discussing the pros and cons of an approach that would provide a significantly different interaction for any people not running JavaScript. "What …
This week we released a performance dashboard for the service to get a lasting power of attorney - a complicated transaction which is pushing and pulling our dashboards into new areas. Are you, like me, worried about your ongoing capacity …
It's been a busy week at GDS, but this afternoon we took a few minutes out to celebrate the first birthday of GOV.UK. I wrote a bit this morning on the Inside GOV.UK blog about what the year has meant …
This week, Mike Beaven, Director of Transformation at GDS, reflects on the first year anniversary of GOV.UK and the progress made on the exemplar transformation programme. Follow Mike on twitter: @MichaelCBeaven