The current list of publication sub-types was based on the things that central government departments publish: Now that hundreds of agencies and arm’s length bodies are moving to GOV.UK, it’s time to revisit this list, and make sure it reflects …
An experimental blogpost, in which we see whether you’re interested in us telling you what GOV.UK teams have done in the last two weeks, and what we’ll be working on in the next two weeks. (This post covers User Formats …
We use an agile project management approach. As you may already know, agile has several main features. Here’s how we use them for mainstream. Sprints We divide our time into ‘sprints’. A GOV.UK mainstream sprint lasts a week and runs …
We love updating people about all the things we’re doing at GDS - and there’s so much to talk about! But here’s a round-up of useful blog posts focused on the needs of those leading the transition to GOV.UK in …
On Friday 28 February, we’ll be holding our first GOV.UK content clinic, at the Department for Transport in London. Find out what to expect and how to sign up. Content clinics: what they are Content clinics are open to any …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. With a lot of new organisations coming onto GOV.UK, I thought I would clear up a couple of style points. Ampersands: …
...the sentence will be at the beginning (passive sentences have the object at the beginning). For example: Active - ‘You should draw up safety policies and procedures for staff’ Passive...
“You have to really hold your nerve with this - if we do this as a community, we can make this really work.” Rachel Neaman, Digital Leader, Department of Health, set the tone for SPRINT GO with her keynote speech. …
We’ve been running a few sessions with government organisations to look at how we can more clearly communicate developments to GOV.UK. In response, we’re introducing some changes to this blog. ‘Publishing essentials’: only get emails about the really important stuff The …
...idea is that, in future, content in any format from across GOV.UK will be able to be grouped together around specialist topics. These specialist or "sector" browse pages will replace...
GOV.UK is moving to be multi-channel. Learn more about our priorities by reading our strategy for growth.
Subscribe to Inside GOV.UK to keep up to date with our work.