Weekend links: Lego, asteroid hunters, Clement Attlee and more
Got a link you’d like to share? Tweet us – @GDSTeam Read about the formidable politician Clement Attlee over on the History of government blog. Lego-obsessed? Take a look at this incredible fully...
View ArticleOne link on GOV.UK – 350,000 more organ donors
Last autumn we shared early results of testing various versions of the GOV.UK ‘Thank You’ page. First introduced a year ago, people see this page once they’ve bought their tax disc via GOV.UK. People...
View ArticleBudget 2014 – how GOV.UK performed
Following yesterday’s budget announcement, we thought it would be interesting to look at how GOV.UK performed on the day compared with budget day last year. Visits were up by nearly 40%: 2013:...
View ArticleIf you found it through GOV.UK, it’s OK
GOV.UK is the best place to find government services and information online. The best way to get there is to type www.gov.uk into your browser. If you found the service you’re looking for through...
View ArticleWeekend links: JavaScript, code-breaking, Twitter and more
Got a link you think we’d love? Share it with us on Twitter @GDSTeam Image of Alan Turing courtesy of Michael Dales under a Creative Commons licence The government is creating a world-class research...
View ArticleHacks – using technology and data to change things
I’ve spent time this month at events that made me feel excited about how people are using technology and data to change things. Breakfast at DrupalCamp On Saturday 1 March I was asked to give the...
View ArticleInside a service manager’s head
We talk a lot about building “digital services so good, people prefer to use them”; but we don’t often talk about the people who are going to run those services. These people are very important....
View ArticleWeekend links: Royal Messengers, betas, social media and more
Got a link you think we will love? Tweet us @gdsteam This week at GDS we released our social media playbook and launched the new social media blog. Over on Inside GOV.UK, they’re talking about changes...
View ArticleA year in the making – the Digital by Default Service Standard
Today the Digital by Default Service Standard comes into full force. We first published the standard in April last year, along with the Service Design Manual, to give services time to ensure that they...
View ArticleDigital marches on: rising take-up, falling costs
The Transactions Explorer has enabled government to track progress on its key performance indicators for the first time. Cost per transaction and digital take-up are two critical performance metrics...
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