Clik here to view.
‘Simpler, clearer, faster’ at the Driving Standards Agency
Youtube is the third biggest website in the world which means a massive potential audience, but only if you get your content right. Here, John Ploughman, Digital Communications Manager at the Driving...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bank Holiday story – is it really simpler, clearer, faster?
At GDS we iterate. One of the key contributions to that iteration is the post change checking to make sure that the users needs truly have been met and that the rules of the game have not changed....
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Solr to elasticsearch
Search is right at the centre of GOV.UK. It’s the main focus of the homepage and it appears in the corner of every single page. Many of our recent and upcoming apps such as licence finder also rely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Transactions – finding the stories hidden in the data
The transactional services list we published two weeks ago was the first time Government had attempted to gather data on all of its services together. Clifford Sheppard, Data Analyst, explains why...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shipping new formats: the GOV.UK ‘international trade’ release
In the spirit of iteration and continuous delivery today we are releasing a number of new tools and content items, and as usual we’d like your feedback. Neil Williams, Product Manager at GDS explains...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The all new Trade Tariff tool
Yesterday the new Trade Tariff tool on GOV.UK was released as part of the wider ‘international trade’ release. Matthew Ford, Ruby on Rails developer from Bit Zesty explores the tool in more detail....
View ArticleClik here to view.
I say consultation, you say…?
The delivery of digital consultations within government is something which has been under much discussion recently. Ade Adewunmi, Digital Strategy Advisor invites you to take part in an online...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy birthday e-petitions – a year in numbers
E-petitions is the very first product delivered by GDS and last week it celebrated its first birthday. Pete Herlihy, product owner for e-petitions reviews the year in numbers. It’s been an eventful and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning from user testing
We’re doing a lot of user testing over the summer, and Sarah Prag has a quick update on a couple of things we’ve already changed based on what we’ve learnt so far. Thanks to our colleagues in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Work experience with no photocopier in sight
We were very pleased to be able to offer a two week internship as part of the scheme being run by the Social Mobility Foundation. Lily, who has been with us for the last 2 weeks reveals some of her...
View Article
