GDS reform expert, Alice Goldman, examines the value of public design to governments now.| publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk
...mandatory for public-facing transactional services, we hold all our internal services to the same standard. This is because our internal users are really important too. If we build great services...| Home Office Digital, Data and Technology
Developers across government often face the challenge of building hundreds of data-rich web pages that are both accessible and easy to understand. Without a standardised solution, this can lead to duplicated effort and inconsistent results. A team in MHCLG is tackling this by developing a flexible toolkit that combines GOV.UK design standards with powerful data visualisation tools, helping teams build engaging digital products faster and more consistently.| mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
What happens after services go live? What happens once large scale digital transformation programmes end? Sarah and Juliette share what they learned discussing this topic with International Design in Government community.| designnotes.blog.gov.uk
In digital, data, and technology in DfE, we’ve published a Plain Language standard. The Plain Language standard ensures that users can: The standard incorporates our ways of working and best practise for user-centred design in government. It should not create …| DfE Digital, Data and Technology
The Local Digital Declaration is a shared commitment to improving local public services, signed by over 300 organisations..| Local Digital
We’re streamlining data to provide high quality, informed decision-making across the Home Office with our new platform, the Analytics Workbench.| hodigital.blog.gov.uk
SNAP benefits sites for more than 20% of Americans are unusably slow. All of them would be significantly faster if states abandoned client-side-rendering, and along with it, the legacy JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.) built to enable the SPA model.| Infrequently Noted
How we followed the GDS Service Standard to enable 4 million interactions with businesses.| digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk
Who is this guide for? Practice managers, primary care networks (PCNs), integrated care systems (ICSs) (formerly CCGs), GP federations and anyone who is looking for guidance for improving online journeys into general practice. This guidance includes information about: It’s been put together by NHS England’s Primary Care Transformation Team and is based on: There are […]| www.england.nhs.uk
From the polycrisis to the pace of technological change, our old ways of governing are struggling. But a new ‘how’ is taking shape, argues James Plunkett. It combines missions, relational practices, and internet-era methods to create a new type of state. One that is both more technically adept and more human.| Renewal
For the last 18 months, we’ve been investigating and implementing initiatives for how we check and improve our digital services against standards, specifically, the Government Service Standard. Our research findings show that the way we assess these services in DfE …| DfE Digital, Data and Technology
Lead Product Manager, James reviews the different approaches to product strategy so you don't have to.| dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk
Kerry, a content designer from DFE, describes her work with service assessors and teams across the department to ensure that the government Service Standard and collective community standards can be found, understood and applied.| services.blog.gov.uk
The team behind the Service Manual used collaborative workshops for gathering user inputs and exploratory research to understand the perceived value of the Manual.| userresearch.blog.gov.uk
I was really positively and pleasantly surprised when I found out what HMRC Digital’s mission statement was. Normally, I am not a fan of mission statements. They usually read like this: Our mission is focused on six core aspirations the company continually strives to achieve… Or some such drivel. Verbal gymnastics to make a company sound like everything to everyone - without being offensive to anyone - which then gets used to “align” people on mandated fun days.| beny23.github.io