GOV.UK
Rethinking the GOV.UK policy format: what our users told us
Rethinking the GOV.UK policy format: what our users told us
We’re changing the policy format to better meet users’ needs and get people to what they need faster.
Improvements to info pages
During the recent GOV.UK firebreak, we made some improvements to info pages. These are the ‘shadow’ pages that exist for almost every page on GOV.UK. They show user needs for that page and metrics about how well the page meets …
First HMRC manual on GOV.UK – give us your feedback
Over the past few months HMRC and GDS have collaborated on improving the way the HMRC manuals are maintained and made available to the public. HMRC publishes about 200 tax manuals which added up to about 80,000 pages on its …
Roadmap update: Monday 23rd February
We publish updates roughly fortnightly listing what the team has done and is doing next to improve GOV.UK. Once a month we include the latest version of the full product roadmap which looks further ahead. Download the March roadmap (updated …
Content best practice: let’s keep talking
“We’re going to split you into groups and get you to do the work.” Words that strike fear into the hearts of conference-goers everywhere, but the delegates at the GDS Content Design Conference were equal to the task.
GOV.UK’s firebreak: why and how we spent a month working differently
Throughout January 2015, we gave people in our product and infrastructure teams the freedom to work on anything they liked so long as it was good for GOV.UK.
Roadmap update: Wednesday 4 February
We publish updates roughly fortnightly to share what the team has done and is doing next to improve GOV.UK. In the past 2 weeks, in addition to making essential updates to content and applications, we’ve continued to give people in …
Improving how we use HTML publications – part 2
At GOV.UK’s first content design conference I talked about HTML publications and then blogged about why I think they’re so important at GOV.UK.
Using HTML publications on GOV.UK – part 1
I was lucky enough to attend the first GOV.UK content design conference (#cdcalpha) and lead one of the sessions. I wanted to talk about HTML publications – and I was really chuffed that lots of other people did too. I don’t …
What’s next for the content design community
At last week’s Content Design Conference a few of us huddled around a table at Impact Hub Westminster to talk about one of my favourite things: the future.
Roadmap update: Friday 16 January
We publish updates roughly fortnightly to share what the team has been doing and is doing next to improve GOV.UK.